Extraordinary Earth - Canada

This is a Canadian object. Read Borg and Zunk's short conversation to discover more about the object.
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Guess what this was used for. |
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Is it a scarf? |
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No, guess again. |
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Is it a handbag? |
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Not quite. |
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Ah, is it a bag for tabacco? |
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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. |
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I'm getting good at this! |


