Fiddle, Five String - Ed Stilley

 
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Fiddle, Five String - Ed Stilley
Fiddle, Five String - Ed Stilley
Fiddle, Five String - Ed Stilley
Fiddle, Five String - Ed Stilley

Fiddle, Five String - Ed Stilley

Object numberOSHTL2016.036.01
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Bone, Tissue
Dimensions30 × 8 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (76.2 × 21.6 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Mary Jane Cover
Terms
    DescriptionA brown fiddle with no writing carved on it. The guitar has two holes on the upper bout, on the top and bottom and a hole through the fret. Inside is a threaded rod.

    Ed gave this guitar to his daughter, Mary Jane. 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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