Busk

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the upper register, though read upside down, a man holds a heart which a woman pierces with a sword. Below, there is a mermaid.

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