Context (Field collection)
Room 76, First Level. Excavated by Samuel K. Lothrop, Museum of the American Indian, and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, as part of the Louis C.G. Clarke Kechipauan Expedition, 19 June – 1 September 1923. See archive (FR5/1/2 – FR5/1/7) and photo collection for excavation notes, drawings, site plans, photographs, etc.
Event Date 1923
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.582 [A-F]: 'Box of sherds, pieces of selenite used for glazing, etc.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (1955). ‘Some Pueblo IV pottery types from Kechipawan, New Mexico, U.S.A.’ Anais do XXXI Congresso Internacional de Americanistas, 1954, vol. 2. Sao Paulo: Editora Anhembi. pp. 657-665.
Event Date 1955
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Two thin pieces of translucent selenite, one now broken into four refitting fragments, the other pierced along one edge with two circular perforations.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Analysis)
F.W. Hodge suggests that panes of selentie may have been used as window glazing. See Smith, W. et al. (1966). The Excavation of Hawikuh by Frederick Webb Hodge: Report of the Hendricks-Hodge Expedition, 1917-1923. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1966. pgs. 39-40.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal