To surmount this difficulty, anthropologists of art have focused on formal features in objects which, without exclusively being 'artistic', have certain evident 'aesthetic' qualities.
tə sɚmˈaʊnt ðɪs dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti, ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts ʌv ˈɑːɹt hæv fˈoʊkəst ˌɔn fˈɔːɹməl fˈiːtʃɚz ɪn ˈɑːbdʒɛkts wˈɪtʃ, wɪðˌaʊt ɛksklˈuːsɪvli bˌiːɪŋ ɑːɹtˈɪstɪk, hæv sˈɜːʔn̩ ˈɛvɪdənt ɛsθˈɛɾɪk kwˈɔlᵻɾiz.