Context (Other owners)
(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)
Description for 2005.665 A-B: 'Cooking ustensils. Two spoons. A: is lightly carved at the base of the handle and at the back of the spoon. The base of spoon B is also carved'.
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 cooking spoon with a small circular bowl, wide bowl rim, notched bands around the neck, and a long handle. The bowl reverse has a notched midrib. The handle is hemispherical in cross-section, with a pointed end-terminal.
Event Date 6/2/2023
Author: Jane Pettitt