Guitar, Four String - Ed Stilley

 
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Guitar, Four String - Ed Stilley
Guitar, Four String - Ed Stilley
Guitar, Four String - Ed Stilley
Guitar, Four String - Ed Stilley

Guitar, Four String - Ed Stilley

Object numberOSHTL2016.035.01
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Steel, Glass, Bone
Dimensions28 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (72.4 × 13.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Cindy Robinson
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    DescriptionA small brown guitar with no writing carved on it. There is a metal circular object (possibly a pot) inside the guitar seen visibly through the sound hole. There is also a steel pipe, a spring, a glass jar, and a piece of steel wool inside.

    Ed gave this guitar to his niece, Cindy Robinson. It was constructed during his Early Creation Period.

    Ed Stilley was born in 1930 in Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas and grew up in a religious household. He married Eliza Miller in 1959, and they had five children. Ed worked as a farmer at his Ozark homestead to support his family and continued his preaching. In 1979, Ed began making musical instruments to give to children. With no formal training Ed made his instruments with simple hand tools, wood scraps, and items such as pot lids, springs, and saw blades. Over the course of twenty-five years Ed has made two-hundred one-of-a-kind instruments including guitars, fiddles, dulcimers, and banjos.
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