# Christmas Crib

- By: Borman workshop
- Date: c. 1500 - c. 1510
- Medium: bone (material), oak (wood)
- Classification: kerstwieg
- Dimensions: height 62.5 cm x width 34.5 cm x depth 17.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/ Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Ebus Fonds/ Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2013-14-1--030faf36aa1f09c877aa58f0ee822162)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/kzQBc/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Christmas cribs were used for private worship at home, and in cloisters and churches too. On Christmas day, a crib was placed on the high altar and churchgoers would bring their own cribs. As the priest shook the crib and began to sing, the congregation would join in. The church would fill with the sound of Christmas carols and the chimes of the bells attached to the cribs.