GENE & MARTHA JACKSON Navajo Cuff

Description

• Fabulous Mediterranean Coral and Sterling Silver Cuff!
• Born in 1932 in Jeddito Arizona, he was an Army veteran of the Korean war. Gene was a master jeweler who had been active since the late 1940’s.   He married Martha and trained her in jewelry-making, she started producing work in the 1960’s. Gene learned from his father and later studied under Kenneth Begay. Gene was brother to another master jeweler, Dan Jackson. The stamp reads “JACKSON,” frequently placed inside a hogan outline, indicating the couple’s collaborative work.
• They were the parents of five children, including jeweler Tommy Jackson
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