Spiritual mediation.

According to Bruce Metcalf, 2008) “for as long as we all know jewellery has been associated with spiritual and the supernatural, thus appearing to offer magical power and protection to the wearer and to summarizing the relation between God and the wearer, which also served as constant reminder of one’s faith (see fig 1) most of these appear in every culture” The cross is a symbol of faith used by people who are Christians, (Metcalf, 1998)

Figure 1. black and gold tribal pendant.

Amaso are grayish beads that are believed to chase evil spirits away, in the Xhosa culture young children were made a necklace of these beads, the necklace is a condensed symbol (see fig 2) of his or her protection, for the child at a part of his or her life that is believed to be very a fragile stage.

Figure 2 - a string of beads called (Amaso).