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)
Open weave glass bead necklace. Wide necklace bordered by rows of white beads with zigzag design in green, red, black, white and light blue beads running down the centre. The necklace closes with two white glass buttons. Four beaded tassels near buttons.
Event Date 16/10/2008
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Donor/collector's brown paper label still attached, which reads in black ink, 'NECKLACE/ CHARM'
Event Date 6/10/2015
Author: Rachel Hand

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