Readymade Native American Choker Sale

Crow Calls Sale – SAVE 20% Thru 12/31/2016

Save on nicely constructed Readymade Native American Chokers using genuine bone, buffalo horn, brass and glass beads, and bone shell discs. All native American choker options feature 4 or 5 rows of bone or horn hairpipe or tube and feature “drops” in front. All are strung with beads, bones, shells, or brass cones. Our readymade Native American choker styles are authentic and may vary slightly as these are all handmade. At this special sale price you can afford to get one of every type for yourself or as holiday gifts!

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Native American Choker Kits

In addition to our readymade chokers, Crazy Crow Trading Post also offers an extensive line of Native American Chokers Kits. Our American Indian choker kits provide everything you need to make traditional or contemporary genuine bone or horn hairpipe or tube chokers. Choose the more expensive and authentic traditional choker kit materials, or more modern, less expensive imitation bone hairpipe and various bead options.

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About Native American Chokers

Examine historic photos of Native American Indians and you will see them wearing many different kinds of personal adornment. A style still seen universally today is Native American chokers. Native American chokers are usually made from bone and glass beads and many are still made in the traditional Native American way with leather to tie it together. These pieces of adornment received this name because they are made to fit closely about the neck, but not so tightly as to really choke you. Chokers should be comfortable around the neck but there is generally no extra slack.

Most often these Indian chokers are quite wide, with three to five rows of beads of various types, so they cover about half of the neck. One of the most popular beads used to make Native American chokers are bone hairpipe (more traditional) and horn hairpip (more contemporary. These hairpipe are most often 1″ or 1-1/2″ in length. Although hairpipe (tubes that taper at the ends) are most often used, bone or horn tubes are also quite popular. These hairpipe are separated by leather spacers with holes drilled or punched through to allow the stringing material to pass. Native American chokers will be found strung with a variety of materials, with leather thongs or sinew (more traditional), artificial sinew or jewelry wire (more contemporary. The hairpipe may be used alone, or, most often are separated by beads on both sides. More traditional chokers might use old style or French brass beads or glass Crow Beads. More contemporary styles will be found with glass fire polish beads or other types of beads with smaller holes that would dictate jewelry wire for stringing.

Often, these chokers will also include “center pieces” like shell discs, metal or beaded medallions adorning the front of the choker in the center. From this centerpiece, a pair of ‘drops’ will hang down, covered with some combination of beads, and often finished at the ends with cowrie shells, metal cones, etc. Ermine tails are also often used.