The instruments of the Passion are a set of objects used to symbolise the Passion, that is the sufferings and death of Jesus. They include:
CUP: a symbolic cup, for his suffering, also the cup in which his redeeming blood is caught
COLUMN: to which Jesus was tied while flogged
CROWN OF THORNS: put on him mockingly by the soldiers
CROSS: on which he was crucified
SPONGE: from which he drank vinegar while being crucified
LANCE: with which he was pierced during the crucifixion
NAILS: with which his hands and feet were fastened to the cross