There is a contemporary Navajo jewelry artist named Lucy Valencia Jake.
That was most of my false positives – but this wasn’t a hard search after all.
I tried for “Marceline,” the male form of this name.
If the first name is Marceline Valencia, with an “e” on the end of the first name, not an “a,” here is an entry for this person on Ancestry.com.
He was a Native American man born in New Mexico about 1936. He was four years old at the time the 1940 census was taken and was living in Sandoval, which isn’t far from several reservations.
No, but I’m remembering something about the same age that also had widely-spaced coral cabochons – I saw it on eBay. I no longer remember how it was priced. If I rediscover it, I’ll pass along.
To me there’s about five prices: 1) Grab it NOW before someone else gets it; 2) Think about it; 3) Watch list/bookmark/cart, but won’t buy for months, if ever; 4) Unaffordable, but I’ll look to learn from it; 5) The thought of it frightens me.
Thanks for the info!
I’ve been away from this site for a couple years & your response hit my email, so I logged in!
Probably take me days to catch up, but this was a great site, I hope it still is!?
Do you know anything about her? Is she alive? Young or old, active, etc.?
Again, Thanks for the info!