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CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). SHOOTING THROUGH A WOMAN GIMMICK. Circa 1910. Being a leather and brass device meant to be concealed on the body of the magician?s assistant and aid in the apparently shooting of an arrow through the woman?s body. With a paper label affixed to the device bearing text that states it was made by Soo?s mechanic, and possibly used by Jean Hugard. Housed in a gilt wooden shadowbox (18 x 13?), and presented together with a vintage portrait postcard of Soo at its center, his name written below the likeness, the two objects resting above an engraved plaque explaining the history of the object.