Featured Native American Sterling Bolo...Artist Signed..Signature ID Help??

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  1. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Any help appreciated... IMG_4621.JPG IMG_4623.JPG
     
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    At 1st glance it looks more art deco than NA.......but i'll check some Zuni channel work for the stamp....
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    [​IMG] Tracey Knifewing....Navajo !
     
  4. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    It is really lovely.
    greg
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Some say " Ray Tracey Knifewing ".....but I''m not certain that's accurate..
     
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  6. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

     
  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    And it's not......here's Ray Tracey.....

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  8. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Very Cool....I also thought it has a Deco Look!!,,Thanks for your help!!
     
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  9. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

  10. quirkygirl

    quirkygirl likes pretty old things

    I'm pretty sure that is the mark on older Ray Tracey pieces (the one shown by Komo is a newer mark) ... I'm searching around for a pendant that I rec'd directly from the firm in the 90's when I was a buyer for a jewelry store.
    Here it is
    Ray Tracey back of pendant(1).JPG
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    That may be , but Quirky brings up a good point.....
    After years of non production....Ray partners with a company to market his work in Japan.
    That may have caused his stamp to be revisited and reworked....

    Better experts than I may wish to research this further............
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Sperls....it's still a special piece.......!
     
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  13. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Thanks Komo...I do like this piece!

    The inlays are Onyx,Coral & ????
     
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  14. quirkygirl

    quirkygirl likes pretty old things

    Chinese turquoise, I believe.

    edited to add that there is also turquoise mined in North America that is pale with heavy matrix veining ... could also be variscite (or even whatever that stone is that people now call "white turquoise" - [not howlite] ).

    I'm second guessing myself since I'm not sure if the color I'm seeing on my monitor is what it looks like in real life.
     
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  15. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    The black stones are probably dyed chalcedony,the white stones could be howlite,magnesite.
     
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  16. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Thank you All!!
     
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  17. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The orange is spiny oyster shell. The black is either onyx or obsidian/apache tear. The pale white/blue probably is howlite, not that it matters. In this case the money is in the design.
     
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  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I'd say the black is jet, & the red is coral.
    Spiny oyster usually has more shadows & lines in it.

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  19. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Possible. There isn't enough of it to worry about, frankly.
     
  20. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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