Context (CMS Context)
(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 (CMS Description)
Light and dark blue ?plastic bead necklace with four small antelope horn pendents. Several brown beads are interspersed. Strung on hide
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)
A necklace consisting of a string of hide with blue beads interspersed with brown beads, and four small antelope horns. Fastened with knots.
Event Date 14/2/2023
Author: Emily Shorter