Body ornament

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Body ornament by unknown artist. Small, off-white, bone or ivory object. The object is shaped like a pointed dagger or knife with a handle in the middle. The handle is wider than the rest of the object and is shaped like an hourglass. The object has a pointed tip at both ends. There are two sets of foreign characters, one on the top half and one on the bottom half. The object appears old and has dark spots on it. The background is a solid gray color.