Apache Indian Style Breast Plate Bone Choker.

A Native look with the appearance of a full breast plate. This distinctive Native American Apache Indian style is highly fashionable. Hand made, using hair pipe bone, genuine leather, trade beads, and plated silver beads. Non Indian made. This breast plate choker is 15-1/4" wide at the center, it is totally adjustable with a full length of 29-1/2".

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.