Device for identifying articles such as animals, comprising a male part (5)and a female part (1), which male part comprises an arrow-shaped element andwhich female part is provided with a passage (2) with a front end (3) and arear end (4), wherein the arrow-shaped element can be inserted into thepassage along the front end, wherein the passage is provided close to thefront end with at least one protruding element (8, 8~, 8~~), and wherein thepassage is partly closed close to the rear end by a closing part (9), whereinthe partly closed passage, including the protruding element, are manufacturedintegrally from a hard material； method for manufacturing such a device.
