Ma Ohn Sein wife of a snake charmer

Ma Ohn Sein wife of a snake charmer

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Ma Ohn Sein wife of a snake charmer

Burmese Snake Charmers


1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16.1 cm)
Gift of Dr. Mark Reichman, 2005
2005.0933.0008
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: HCB 413 600010s
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TLC: 2 [circled]
Typed on applied label on verso, TC: BURMESE SNAKE CHARMERS Pix Henri Cartier Bresson of "Magnum" \ Featuring three cobra snake charmers of Rangoon; Saya Tin, his \ wife Ma Ohn Sein, and their daughter.
Typed on applied label on verso, TC: 233/6 \ Ma Ohn Sein wife of a snake charmer wakes a cobra from its basket, \ while her daughter guards other snakes tied down in baskets in \ the background.
Typed on applied label on verso, BC: RMA NATIVES SNAKE CHARMERS [underlined]
Stamped in ink on verso, BL: PLEASE CREDIT \ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON–MAGNUM \ MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. \ 55, WEST 8 STREET, NEW YORK CITY II \ LONDON REPRESENTATIVE \ ELIZABETH REEVE \ 185, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.[?]
Stamped in ink on verso, BLC: SEE \ 5 FEB 1949 \ ILLUSTRATED
Stamped in ink on verso, BR: PROPERTY OF THE \ PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY, \ 191, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. \ MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED
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