Context (Other owners)
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 1919
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for 2005.659 A-D: 'Lion claws.'
Event Date 2005
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 2005.659 A-D: '4 lion claws in a cardboard box.'
Event Date 16/10/2008
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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

Context (Amendments / updates)
The cardboard box noted in the 2008 description for this object is not mentioned in the accession register entry for 2005.659 A-D. The box has therefore been disposed of and removed from the object description.
Event Date 2/2/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad