Busk

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inscribed S*P on the back, this busk is decorated with leaf scrolls, flowers, a profile head, a sun, and a heart pierced by arrows.

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art