Antique Swedish Wooden storage box 1865 Handmade Folk Craft

Detail of 17th century calendar stick carved with national coat of arms, a common motif in Norwegian folk art.
Main article: Concepts in folk art
Objects of folk art are a subset of material culture and include objects which are experienced through the senses, by seeing and touching. Typical for material culture in art, these tangible objects can be handled, repeatedly re-experienced, and sometimes broken. They are considered works of art because of the 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. As a folk art, these objects share several characteristics that distinguish them from other artifacts of material culture.