Miniature Sikyatki-style seed jar with corn motif; inscribed "Bless and honor John Herrington, CDR & Crew STS-113"
date: label: Date created
content: 2002
name: label: Culture/People
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Artist/Maker
content: Al Qöyawayma, Hopi Pueblo, b. 1938
label: Previous owner
content: Commander John B. Herrington (John Bennett Herrington), Chickasaw Nation, b. 1958
label: Donor
content: Commander John B. Herrington (John Bennett Herrington), Chickasaw Nation, b. 1958
label: Donor
content: Al Qöyawayma, Hopi Pueblo, b. 1938
notes: label: Collection History
content: Created to be carried by Commander John Bennett Herrington (Chickasaw Nation, b. 1958, US Navy, and the first astronaut enrolled in an American Indian tribe) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor between November 23 and December 7, 2002 (mission STS-113 to the International Space Station); donated to NMAI in 2003 by the artist and Commander Herrington.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Prescott; Yavapai County; Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Roanoke Museum Store, Space Case
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/605
label: Barcode
content: 260605.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Miniature Sikyatki-style seed jar with corn motif; inscribed "Bless and honor John Herrington, CDR & Crew STS-113"
label: Media/Materials
content: Kaolin clay
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, burnished, modeled
label: Dimensions
content: 3 x 7 cm