Shenshan Tribe

Paiwan clothing materials

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• In ancient times, there may have been simple clothes made of bark cloth, and some animal skins such as leopards, deer, and goats were made into clothes, raincoats, hats, and foot ornaments.After using the horizontal strap machine, hemp is used as the main material, and the stems are collected, spun, warped and woven into cloth.Before coming into contact with the multi-colored clothing fabrics of the Han people, they were all monochromatic fabrics, with changing patterns on the weft line and then made into clothes.

The traditional costumes of the Paiwan ethnic group were originally made of white ramie cloth, and later they used natural plants as dyes.blue, saffron, buff and cyan. The embroidered patterns or embellishments on the clothing are mainly in red, orange, yellow and green. The use of color is also limited. The cloth used by the leader can be dark black, dark blue or bright red, while the civilians are limited to light black, light blue or white.In terms of clothing performance of the Rukai, the nobles have the privilege of decoration and gorgeous colors, while the common people can only make clothes from plain linen or cotton cloth, unless the rewards such as wine or pigs ask their leaders for a license, otherwise they are not allowed to wear clothes. There are decorations. Traditional costumes for men and women use cotton and linen as the main material, and the background color is mainly black, and then red, yellow, green and other bright colors are used to embroider patterns to set off the pattern. Men's traditional clothing is mainly made of leather. They usually wear fur hats, headscarves, jackets, shoulder straps, belts, deerskin jackets or deerskin chaps, and headgear when they are dressed up. Women's daily clothing includes headscarves, long robes, waist skirts, leggings, gloves, etc. When they are dressed up, they also change into clothes decorated with embroidery and bead embroidery, plus various accessories such as flower crowns, neck ornaments, and shoulder ornaments.

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