Accession No
2005.709.1-8
Description
Bag of eight rock and mineral fragments, including four fragments of white calcite, one of which has red banding, three fragments of white quartz, and one fragment of mica schist with quartz veins. Two quartz fragments have traces of gold ore.
Place
Africa; Southern Africa; Zimbabwe; Shona territory
Period
Source
Baker, Joyce [donor]; Baker, Herbert John (Rev) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2005.709.1-8
Cultural Affliation
Shona [Mashona]
Material
Stone; Calcite; Quartz; Schist; Gold
Local Term
Measurements
37mm x 47mm
Events
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)
Bag of stones which might contain gold ore. There are 8 stones.
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)
Bag of eight rock and mineral fragments, including four fragments of white calcite, one of which has red banding, three fragments of white quartz, and one fragment of mica schist with quartz veins. Two quartz fragments have traces of gold ore.
Event Date 2/2/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:265480
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