realia

Meanings

1. Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.
2. Words and expressions for culture-specific material elements.
3. Physical objects in a library collection that do not fit into traditional categories of media, whose media are the objects themselves, as opposed to their informational content, such as artifacts, tools, memorabilia, and naturally-occurring specimens.

Etymology

From Late Latin realia, neuter plural of realis (“real”).