Apache Indian Style Bone Choker Necklace.

Pay attention to your favorite hollywood stars and singers, I'm sure you'll see them wearing bone chokers just like this one. A distinctive Native American Apache Indian look. Hand made, using pipe bone, trade beads, cowrie shells, and plated silver beads. This choker is 5-1/4" wide including the beads dangling at the center, 13" long with two 8-1/2" long adjustable cords on either side.

The next time you see a photo of Geronimo check to see if he's wearing a bone choker. Geronimo, an Apache Chief (1829-1909), who led an insurrection against U. S. forces, 1884-86.

Man, from the earliest times, has considered the adornment of his person to be as necessary as food and shelter. The Indians of the Southwest are no exception. They have loved fine jewelry, esteemed it as wealth, and worn it profusely. Today the use of Indian jewelry has spread far beyond its original boundaries and its appreciation has become world-wide.