Ivory Diptych (Garden of Eden)

Material: [Ivory](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011857). Accession no.: HCM 086. Current location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A [diptych](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300178228) leaf (dexter) in ivory, showing scenes of the labours of life in two registers. The upper shows the [expulsion from the Garden of Eden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden) and the lower register the results of the Fall, showing people toiling. One of the figures in the bottom register is damaged. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/6b2cd12a-558f-3b2c-abb1-624e9bc44029/?s%3DHCM+086&pos=1).