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 16/10/2008
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 2005.663 A-R[U]: Bangles and ear rings. There are 16 rings, eight of those have long pins hanging from them
Event Date 16/10/2008
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 2005.663 A-U: 'The numbering of these has been confused. There are actually four earrings, with a rounded section for insertion in the ear and 2 coiled pendents. These now noted as A-D. There are seventeen metal bangles (possibly aluminium/ zinc), now noted as E-U. Fifteen of plain grey metal and two coiled, possibly copper alloy'.
Event Date 6/10/2015
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)
Four metal earrings (A-D). Each earring is made from one length of metal wire, with two coiled ends fitted and metal annular bead end-terminals, as well as an open-loop midsection. One earring (2005.663 B) has a detached but present annular bead.
Event Date 13/2/2023
Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Amendments / updates)
There has been some historic confusion regarding the quantity of the earrings and bangles which form the object accession number and record: '2005.663'. In 2008, it seems that a description was given based upon the bracelets and earrings when tied together in a bundle, resulting misidentification of the earrings and overall recorded number of objects. In 2015, the record was corrected to reflect that four earrings [A-D] and 17 bangles [E-U] are present. In 2023, it was decided that the record '2005.663' should be split into three records as follows, so as to account for each element more easily:
2005.663.A-D: Metal Earrings.
2005.663.E-F: Twisted copper alloy or brass bangles.
2005.663.G-U: Grey iron alloy bangles.
Event Date 9/2/2023
Author: Jane Pettitt