This object has been deaccessioned and is no longer in the GRPM's collection
Archaeology
Native American - Northeast and Southeast Woodland ➔ Ancestral Remains
Identifier:
NAGPRA42Description:
In coordination with the appropriate Tribal Governments, the GRPM is working diligently to repatriate these ancestral remains in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
Current Location Status:
DeaccessionedCollection Tier:
Tier 1Source:
Museum PurchaseRelated Entity:
E. H. Crane (sold by)Elliott H. Crane was born in 1840 in Albion, Michigan, died on Feb 20, 1917 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and was buried in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The US Census lists Crane's occupations as a jeweler (1860) and naturalist (1880). An 1870 Grand Rapids City Directory lists Crane as a proprietor of Crane's Museum at 14 Pearl Street, but by 1874 he is listed simply as Professor Crane, taxidermist. Crane's Museum was mentioned in Albert Baxter's 1891 History of the City of Grand Rapids, and identified as Crane's Museum of Freaks, Snakes, and Whiskered Ladies in a later publication. Little else has been published about the establishment, but Grand Rapids Public Museum records show that on July 10, 1917, the Kent Scientific (predecessor to GRPM) purchased a substantial number of objects from the E.H. Crane Estate, including many Native American artifacts that are still in the collections of GRPM.
(Source: The Public Museum of Grand Rapids at 150 by Julie Christianson Stivers, 2004 and Kalamazoo Gazette Obituary "Prof. E. H. Crane Dies Suddenly" February 21, 1917).