Busk
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Old Testament stories are carved along with decorative motives on this busk: Samson slays a Philistine with the jawbone of an ass; decoration features a gaping, laughing grotesque and also swagged drapery.
The Costume Institute
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.