Unomgcana.

Unomgcana is the last stage. He is a married man between the ages of 35 - 50 years. It is the stage where he has taken a wife and built a homestead. His main roles are to protect and provide.

Figure 1 - Elliot, A., (1970:47`) Unomgcana.( The Magical World of the Xhosa)

Figure 2 – Putter, A., (2013) Married man.

Traditionally he would wear a collection of over 75 pieces on his wedding day (see Figure 1), each with a specific name (Broster 1967) e.g. Isivalo, idiliza, isiyeye, ingqosha, inciyo, ithumbu, vulwakabini, isigcina, inqhonqo, and umgcebo. Some of these, he would wear every day, such as the vulwakabini which has significant color combinations, tie like with triangular patterns on it (see figure 2). I want to use these colors and patterns as a reference for designing my jewellery. In a ceremony called (amabhaso) gifts are exchanged between families, as her father the finest gift I can give her is an insight to the realities of marriage, this jewellery piece is the symbol of my love to her. (Broster, 2008)