What is the name of a dark small japanese cylinder rubbed against the side of one's nose?

Question:

an old man is using it

about two inches long, dark, a cylinder, rub on one side of the nose, then rub on the other side of the nose

it kind of resembles a stick of lipstick (not the lipstick container) if it were hard and not soft and darker

i assume he's rubbing it on his nose to absorb sweat?

what is the name of this item

Answer:

I have never seen anything like that.