XVII-XVIII century sailor`s chest. Polychrome wood. Iron side handles. All parts are original. With its original key. It shows wear and tear due to use and the passage of time. With faults in the wood and in the polychromy. With drawer and inner lid. Measurements: 46 x 110 x 46 cm. The chest, chest (or ark in its smaller dimensions) is a piece of furniture in the form of a closed box that is used to store various objects such as bed linen, belongings, etc. The present example is of the `sailor` type, as it was used by sailors to store their belongings during their long voyages at sea. With a prismatic structure, the inside of the hinged lid of our chest is polychromed with the Genesis scene of Adam and Eve`s sin. It is a richly detailed representation. According to the biblical story narrated in Genesis 2:16-17, "God placed Adam and Eve, and to test their faithfulness and obedience gave them the command to eat of all the fruits of the tree of the garden, except one, called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (but did not forbid them to eat of the tree of life) indicating to Adam and Eve that, if they ate the fruits of it, they would die. The serpent in the Garden of Eden, who knew of this prohibition, took advantage of this one rule; and thus tempted and deceived Eve, who ate of the forbidden fruit. Eve, seeing that it was "good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and indeed a tree to be desired to make one wise," gave it also to her husband to eat.