布農族婦女在紡織

[英文]Kanetowan village, Taizhong (H. Suzuki 1935, p. 44), usually considered Bunun territory, the Paiwan identification on the back of the photo is probably mistaken. One of many photos in this collection of a woman in seated position with hand-loom. Hand-woven Aborigine (蕃布) cloth was a common export item at the so-called @Aborigine trading posts@ in Taiwan during the colonial period. To the present day, such cloth has been the object of intense study by anthropologists, as well as a staple of the tourism industry. See (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 332) for a photo of various types of cloth with other mountain trade goods like deer skin, antlers, tongcao wa0130 in a trading post. Also see images wa0153 wa0210 wa0259 wa0292 and wa0294 for similar photos of cloth manufacture.