Ray Tracey “Knifewing” Inlay Necklace

Ray Tracey is one of the most celebrated names in Native American jewelry — a Navajo artist whose Knifewing inlay work is instantly recognizable to collectors. This one-of-a-kind piece pairs a hand-strung sterling silver bead necklace with a statement pendant of exceptional multistone inlay, color fitted into silver with the precision that made his name. The pendant is signed with the iconic Ray Tracey Knifewing mark on the reverse; the beads are signed sterling. Inlay this clean is the hardest thing in the medium — every stone cut to seat perfectly against its neighbors, no gaps, no lifted edges — and Tracey is a master of it. To own a signed Ray Tracey is to own a piece by a genuine name in the field, the kind of provenance that holds and grows in value. Southwestern artistry at its most refined, worn at the throat.