Wood, Piece - Ed Stilley

 
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Wood, Piece - Ed Stilley
Wood, Piece - Ed Stilley
Wood, Piece - Ed Stilley
Wood, Piece - Ed Stilley

Wood, Piece - Ed Stilley

Object number2016.056.10
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Pencil
Dimensions7/8 × 5 5/8 × 3/8 in. (2.2 × 14.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA broken piece of wood with a hole in one end and writing on it that was used by Ed Stilley. The writing includes the words "Upper" and "Lower," one on each side. "Mandolin" is written in cursive on both sides of the wood. Lines on the top edge are present and are similar to those on a ruler.

    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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