Elaborately decorated tobacco bags are designed and constructed by women to suit their male owners. This once-known Blackfeet artist selected unique materials, such as coiled metal at the top of the fringe, for the distinct designs on each side of the bag. This adornment is paired with glass seed beads from present-day Czechia and Italy, hand sewn on the surface of the leather. Tobacco in North America has a long and complex history from Native American cultivation and ceremonial use to European settlement and its rise as a major cash crop.