Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. bone hat brush feels like life

feels like life

I believe this huge hand-painted claw likely dates to the early 20th century

but small enough to feel like a bit of a secret

with straps on the curved side for wearing on a belt

) The painted roof of the house I presume represent the colors of Germany and France on one side

Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. bone hat brush feels like lifeA 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