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handicraft

field of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools
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Summary

handicraft is an economic sector[1]. handicraft draws 5,610 Wikipedia views per month (economic sector category, ranking #4 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: technique[3], genre[4], collection[5]
  • Subclass of: craft[6], cultural heritage[7], product[8], skilled trade[9], economic activity[10], work of art[11]
  • Commons category: Crafts[12]
  • Said to be the same as: Q56372659[13], 工艺美术[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Craft occupations[15], Category:Handicrafts[16]
  • Commons gallery: Handicraft[17]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[18], Diccionario del español de México[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20]
  • Different from: handicraft[21]
  • Practiced by: handicrafter[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft[23], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]

Why It Matters

handicraft has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] handicraft is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000731-remeslna-vyroba, h0001475-rucni-prace, h0002422-vytvarne-prace
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002422-vytvarne-prace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290731|batch #290731]]"
  2. 5d ago · Fmadore007 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 81
    Harper's tag → handicraft
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da',
    Library of congress authority id → sh85058715
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85058715, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290628|batch #290628]]"
  3. 9w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4834
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4834, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 7196
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 7196, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167479337|HANDICRAFTS (#167479337)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia"
  5. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2jhsyK
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000731-remeslna-vyroba, h0001475-rucni-prace, h0002422-vytvarne-prace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000731-remeslna-vyroba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q56372659, 工艺美术
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Craft, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → craft, cultural heritage, product +3
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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