noun (n)

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  end, remainder, remnant
  

  source: wordnet30
• something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity
  

  source: wordnet30
• An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows;(noun)

  source: webster1913