Major William Sully Beebe (W.S. Beebe), Non-Indian, 1841-1898
Possible owner
Benjamin D. Hicks, Non-Indian, 1836-1906
Previous owner
Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
Donor
Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Major William Sully Beebe (1841-1898, a collector and student of ancient languages and symbols); presented by Benjamin D. Hicks (1836-1906, of Waterbury, Long Island) to the Long Island Historical Society in 1884; lent by the Long Island Historical Society to MAI in 1920; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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