Horn Pipe

Horn Pipe
Horn Pipe
2010/12599

1800-1850 / Metal / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Object / Organic / Other / World Parish
Horn, silver, metal
c. 1810-30

This pipe is made from animal horn and silver. It belonged to the Reverend Barnabas Shaw (1788-1857), first official Wesleyan missionary in Africa.

In 1816, the Rev Barnabas Shaw and his wife established the first Methodist mission station at Leliefontein, Namaqualand. Shaw was instrumental in establishing Methodist Societies in and around Cape Town, South Africa. Later, his initiative helped Methodism expand all along the eastern Cape coastline.