Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. vintage watercolor sets with this wrapped vertical edge

with this wrapped vertical edge angled to a sharp point

and I think two layers of it) with tightly packed stuffing inside (perhaps sawdust

] with boco I believe referring to something as childish or stupid

Rectangular chips: 2 3/8" l

and the White House

Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. vintage watercolor sets with this wrapped vertical edgeA 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