Chest, Child's - Ed Stilley

 
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Chest, Child's - Ed Stilley
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Chest, Child's - Ed Stilley

Object numberoshtl2016.057.03
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Mirror, Metal
Dimensions10 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 7 in. (26.7 × 28.6 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Kelly and Donna Mulhollan
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    DescriptionA wooden chest used by Ed Stilley. The chest consists of four drawers and a half circle top with a worn mirror held in place by nails. The top two drawers contain a blue mitten, thread, and a small personal Bible.

    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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