Body ornament

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Body ornament by unknown artist. Small, beige-colored object with a pointed top and forked bottom. The object is roughly 2-3 inches long. It has three lines of black writing on it, with a small red mark to the right of the writing. The background is a solid gray color. The object appears to be made of bone or stone. The surface of the object is weathered with brown spots. The object is centered in the image. The object has a slight shadow underneath it. The image shows the object from a directly overhead view. The object appears to be an antique or artifact of some kind.