Title: Peg for a Bookbinding
Object type: Peg for a bookbinding
Date: 5th–7th century
Medium: Bone; incised, tinted, and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: Ht.  4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
D. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
D. 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1907
Geography: Attributed to    Egypt      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY