San hsien, top, side, and perspective views, mechanical drawing
Summary
Although there is no caption beyond "Chinese" labelling this drawing, Sidney Robertson Cowell refers to this Chinese long-necked lute elsewhere in the collection as the "san hsien."
Drawing caption: Drawing No. 11.
Includes section, construction materials, and dimensions in inches.
Original in Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Forms part of a group of field materials documenting the WPA California Folk Music Project in Northern California, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell from 1938 to 1940.
Tags
Date
01/01/1938
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain