I'm making an artifact for my oc, and it has a certain connection to sea creatures, you know?
This "cord" I'm drawing should resemble a dagger and an octopus at the same time, and sometimes some of these artifacts have magic together, the band serves to hide it.
And the ropes are to attach the artifact to the body, usually on the arm or neck.

(the reference is to an indigenous adornment of brazilian culture, i ended up finding something relative in my school booklet and then i searched about it and found this photo)
btw there are some things in indigenous culture that are very very interesting :0

I'm trying to add more details so it doesn't look like I just copied the photo lol