A size 9 boot!
We are digging out artifacts that have been left behind by the Nuniwarmiut people that have once lived here at Nash Harbor. The most interesting find that we have had, was a size 9 boot and some fabric of a spring bed. We see that the Nuniwarmiut people use almost the same clothing and equipment that we use today, but a bit older. The artifacts here such as tools and beads probably were traded from the mainland.
In those days by the late 1800s, the Nuniwarmiut natives were trading glass bead, cloth, iron, and copper bracelets, and iron adze, through the mainland kuskowagamiut people. Although the mainlanders nearely visited Nunivak, trade would go through nuniwarmiut trades that periodically visited the mainland.
The boot that we have found was dirty black, and orange, very old and ragged. It is possible that a young boy or girl had worn it. The boot could have been used for hunting, or picking greens, so the native wouldn’t get his or her feet wet. The boot may have been left behind because it got worn out, or maybe had been given better boots to that person and just threw it to the side.
