e. a. mckillop "a born carving man"

Every time I hit

the antique trail down here

I dream of finding

a

McKillop.

(That's Edgar on the left.)

I don't think it will ever happen,

but if it does,

I know one thing,

I will

NEVER 

sell it!

"Man with Snake"

"Hippocerous"

This is record player,

well,

 a Victrola player!

(It's now in the collection

of the

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.)

"Defender of Liberty"

Edgar started carving 

spontaneously

after being told he could have 

4 black walnut trees

if he cut them down 

and 

hauled them away.

That started a 10 year 

creative burst

that you see 

here.

"Clock with Animal Pediment"

"Fiddler"

"Squirrel Holding Nut"

Balfour, NC is about a 30 minute drive from 

where I am now.

"Standing Bear"

"Kangaroo"

"Gorilla"

"Mountain Lion"

"Donkey"

I mean 

"Owl"

"Bird with Spread Wings"

"Man's Head"

(Attributed to Edgar, and probably 

part of a larger work.)

"Eagle"

(Attributed to Edgar)

Edgar A. McKillop

1879-1950

Thanks to 

"May We All Remember Well

A Journal of the History & Culture of Western North Carolina"

Volume 1

Robert S. Brunk

Editor