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)
A: Small iron knife with leaf-shaped blade. B: with wooden sheath bound with woven copper alloy wire. With a pierced wooden projection for wrist or belt attachment.
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)
Small iron knife with a wooden handle [A] and sheath [B]. The knife has a leaf-shaped blade. The handle is broadly rectangular, with an oval cross section and a narrow, raised ring. The wooden sheath is bound with woven copper alloy wire, and has a triangular terminal and a perforated, pyramid shaped protrusion for wrist or belt attachment.
Event Date 2/2/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad