Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. bone hat brush There are no holes to

There are no holes to suggest this horse ever hung from strings

The holes in the top are plentiful but fairly small

where it might be seen and used

I might gift it to my favorite king- or queen-like character

Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. bone hat brush There are no holes toA very curious one, which I think one could write a whole book about! I am no expert on "spirit " photograph, but this seems to be an example though perhaps a very self aware or even tongue in cheek one specifically portraying (via a length of what I presume is cheesecloth stretching between the mouths of these two women) an "ectoplasmic" event. And then above the mounted photo, written in ink: "chewing the rag," an expression, English in origin and