Guess what this was used for.

Is it a scarf?

No, guess again.

Is it a handbag?

Not quite.

Ah, is it a bag for tabacco?

You've been cheating!

Yes it was used to hold a small smoking pipe and tobacco because they were thought of as sacred objects. A craftsperson from one of the Ojibwa or Cree groups of the Canadian Plains or marginal Plains made this in 1880.

I'm getting good at this!