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2. Choker - Wikipedia

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   A choker is a close-fitting necklace worn around the neck, typically 14 inch to 16 inch in length. Chokers can be made of a variety of materials, including velvet , plastic , beads , latex , leather , metal , such as silver, gold, or platinum, etc.

3. Native American jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Many bracelets and other jewelry are made of silver with turquoise inlays, and rings have been made from brass or silver. Apache women historically wore a number of necklaces simultaneously, from chokers to strung beads of abalone and other shells, turquoise, jet, stones, glass beads, and certain seeds, such as mountain laurel seeds, [40] and ...

4. Necklace - Wikipedia

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   Chokers, last worn commonly in antiquity, also made a resurgence at this time. [6] 1600–1700: Few men in the Baroque period wore jewellery, and for women necklaces were unsophisticated, often a simple strand of pearls or delicately linked and embellished strands of metal with small stones.

5. Bali-og - Wikipedia

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   The wearing of beadwork among the various Manobo tribes is culturally very important. The number, colors, and patterns vary by tribe and by status. The largest type of bali-og is a women's necklace known as ginibang. Its name means "monitor lizard" due to the resemblance of the patterns to monitor lizard scales. [1] [2] [3]

6. Roman jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Roman women collected and wore more jewelry than men. Women usually had pierced ears, in which they would wear one set of earrings. Additionally, they would adorn themselves with necklaces, bracelets, rings, and fibulae. One choker-style necklace, two bracelets, and multiple rings would be worn at once.

7. Yemenite silversmithing - Wikipedia

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   Yemenite silver-work is noted for its intricate use of filigree and fine granulation. [2] [6] Jewellery containing a high silver content was called ṭohōr by local Jews, or muḫlaṣ in Arabic, and referred to jewellery whose silver content ranged from 85 to 92 percent, while the rest was copper.