Context (Acquisition Details)
(Bio): Miss Joyce Baker is the daughter of Reverend H.J. Baker who was a Methodist missionary to the Mashona tribe, in the early twentieth century, (1904-1919), in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Event Date 16/10/2008
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Potion container. Long wooden container, with cap that can be unscrewed. There is a loop carved into the container. The whole container is carved with geometric poatterns and the bottom is wound with metal thread.
Event Date 16/10/2008
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The 'Methodist Who's Who' (n.d. ?1912/1913) notes Rev. H. J. Baker as Herbert John Baker, a pioneer missionary in Rhodesia, who worked at the Matabeleland Gold Mines, as Master of the Public School, Selukwe and then in Mashonaland.
The material was all identified as Mashona on entry to the Museum but may also have been been acquired in Matabeleland or Selukwe, now known as Shurugwi.
Event Date 15/4/2019
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Wooden potion container with screw cap and flared foot. A small pierced lug is carved close to the foot. Decorated all over body with grooved geometric design. Foot covered with woven metal thread.
Event Date 30/1/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe