CHOKERS - THE REAL REASON FOR ITS USE

Chokers are nowadays used as jewelry, as decorative apparel for men and women, but in the old times, traditionally chokers were used as protection for warriors during battles as a way to protect their necks against aggression from knives or spears, and chokers also gave spiritual protection for the warrior's voice. It was also believed that the person could acquire great speaking ability to talk during tribal councils when wearing a properly made bone choker. To be properly made they had to be crafted by a medicine man, or many times the helpers to the medicine man were the ones to make the chokers, but never by the wearer.
The chokers were made from bird's bones, and later from buffalo's bones. They can be made with different numbers of strings, from 1 to 6 or even extended as a half breast plate or a mini breast plate.