Lid, Metal - Ed Stilley
Object number2016.056.18
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumMetal
Dimensions1 3/16 × 3 1/2 in. (3 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionLarge amounts of rust on the inside of the lid in different shades of brown. The top side of the lid has a circle with seven holes in it extending off of the top.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.
Status
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