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)
Fruit and nuts. A-B: Two nuts. C: One nut shell.
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)
Two nuts and one nut shell. The nuts have an oval base and conical top with a small hole at the point. The shell is in the form of a half dome.
Event Date 2/2/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad