Wunderkammer

/ˈvʊndəˌkamə/ (from German, ‘wonder chamber’): in the late Renaissance, a room containing a private collection of rare natural history specimens such as corals, but above all curiosities such as mandrakes, misshapen antlers, or narwhal tusks.

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