# Hanger

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1525 - c. 1600
- Medium: wood (plant material)
- Classification: jewellery
- Dimensions: height 28 mm x width 13 mm x depth 12 mm
- Credit line: On loan from the Backer Stichting
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-BR-559--7d11856033298ddbb04780d09b4bfde3)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qoPDh/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)

This ornament – a so-called miniature lantern – was used for private meditation. On each of its four sides, the worshipper could contemplate a key moment in the life of Christ: the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion.