This observation — that the clothing mixed elements associated with coastal and interior traditions — would become one of the central puzzles of the Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi investigation, pointing toward the question of whether he was a coastal person traveling inland, an interior person who had obtained coastal items through trade, or someone whose life and connections spanned both worlds.

Tools and other objects were found with him or in the vicinity.

Iron tools — knives or similar implements — were among the finds, and the presence of iron is chronologically significant.

Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast and subarctic obtained iron through trade and through the salvage of iron from wrecked Asian vessels long before European contact became regular.

The specific form and source of the iron associated with Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi’s materials has been the subject of analysis as part of the broader effort to understand when he lived and where he came from.

The iron tools also contributed to the dating picture.