 The many examples of non-Western art Dewey discusses in Art as Experience are especially important parts of his argument for restoring the continuity between art and life, releasing it from the yoke of the museum conception of art. For the ways aesthetic practices and artifacts are incorporated into the very center of daily life and common rituals in many such cultures show that aesthetically significant objects do not require any special institutional setting. According to Dewey, such everyday objects as “domestic utensils, furnishings of tent and house, rugs, mats, jars, pots, bows, spears” were essential parts of the life of a community and had a key role for example in 