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https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/113251035713283612 globalmuseum@mastodon.online - This tiny boxwood peapod (10cm) was carved in 1500 AD, by a North German artist. It opens to reveal little peas, and then those peas open to reveal ten little carved scenes from Genesis.

Now housed at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin.

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