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[[File:Choker MET 1983.113.9.jpg|thumb|235x235px|American silk and metal choker from the 1870s]]
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Golden choker necklaces were crafted by [[Sumer]]ian artisans around 2500 BC and according to curators from the Jewelry Museum of Fine Arts,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Graff|first1=Michelle |title=The History Behind … The Choker|url=http://www.nationaljeweler.com/fashion/antique-estate-jewelry/4080-the-history-behind-the-choker|access-date=6 August 2017|work=National Jeweler|date=31 March 2016}}</ref> chokers have been around for thousands of years, first gracing the world's earliest civilizations: Ancient Egypt, in addition to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. Often made with gold or lapis, the necklaces were thought to be protective and imbued with special powers.
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