Flute
date: label: Date created
content: 2001
name: label: Culture/People
content: Cherokee
label: Artist/Maker
content: Jim Gilliland (James R. Gilliland Jr.), Cherokee
label: Previous owner
content: Jim Gilliland (James R. Gilliland Jr.), Cherokee
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
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of the artist; given to Commander John Bennett Herrington (Chickasaw Nation, b. 1958, US Navy and the first astronaut enrolled in an American Indian tribe) at an unknown date; carried and played by Herrington aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor between November 23 and December 7, 2002 (mission STS-113 to the International Space Station); donated to NMAI in 2004 by Commander Herrington.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Madison; Madison County; Alabama; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Cherokee
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
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: 26/4550
label: Barcode
content: 264550.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Flute
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, lacquer, reed, commercial suede thong, thread
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 38.5 x 3 x 3 cm