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)
Multi-coloured seed necklace interspersed with small faceted ?plastic beads. The seeds are irregularly shaped and are green, yellow, red, and browns. Condition: Poor. The cotton string is broken in several places and seeds are detached, including the large seed whih may have been a central pendant,
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 of multicoloured seeds of different shapes and sizes, interspersed with small grey beads, strung onto cotton thread.
Event Date 14/2/2023
Author: Emily Shorter