Name:________________________ Date:__________________

Find a folk object (handmade object) in your house, such as a sunbonnet quilt your mother made for you, a whittled fan that your uncle made, moccasins your grandfather taught you to make, a woven basket your auntie made for your sister’s kinalda, a babycarrier your mother made and used when you were a baby, a homemade piñata, tapa cloth, or foods like a cherry pie, baklava, or sushi that you make on special occasions with your family. Have your parents help you answer the questions about the folk object you choose. If possible, bring the folk object to school tomorrow.

1. Name of the folk object? ____________________________________________________________________________

2. How was it made? ________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Who made the folk object? __________________________________________________________________________

4. Are you learning to make an object like this?________________ Why?_________________________________________

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5. If you use the folk object, when do you use it?_____________________________________________________________

6. Who owns the folk object? ___________________________________________________________________________

7. How is it passed on?_______________________________________________________________________________

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8. Who gets the folk object next? ________________________________________________________________________

9. What value does the object have to your family? ___________________________________________________________

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For reference questions: randy.williams@usu.edu or phone (435) 797-3493. Fife Folklore Archives, Utah State University Libraries, Logan Utah 84322-3000