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This article is about tangible folk art objects. For other traditional folk customs, see Folk arts.
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Folk art objects are a subset of material culture, and include objects which are experienced through the senses, by seeing, touching, smelling and tasting (foodways). As with all material culture, these tangible objects can be handled, repeatedly re-experienced and sometimes broken. They are considered works of art because of the exceptionally skillful technical execution of an existing form and design; the skill might be seen in the precision of the form, the surface decoration or in the beauty of the finished product.[1] As folk art, these objects share several characteristics which distinguish them from other artifacts of material culture.