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The Making of Bark Clothes
The Amies, Taiwan
Prof. Warren H.J. KUO and
Mr. Shih-Chang CHEN
2005
台灣阿美族樹皮加工技術
On the way to
Jialulan (today’s Fugang Village), Taitung county, searching for bird fig
tree (c^but, Ficus superba var. japonica). Following a
tradition before cutting down twigs or trunk, an old man explain to the tree
why it is being cut, and prays for the event to go without a hitch.
前往台東加路蘭尋找c^but（雀榕），砍樹之前老人按傳統祈福方式向樹說明砍樹的原因、並祈求順利。
Cutting down
twigs of the bird fig tree (c^but).
砍下雀榕樹幹
Ficus superba
var. japonica (bird fig tree, c^but).
雀榕樹近照
Cutting down the
trunk of the bird fig tree (c^but).
砍下雀榕樹幹
Three elders in
Dulan Village cutting parts of a bird fig tree to make bark clothes.
都蘭三位長者取部分的c^but（雀榕樹），製作樹皮衣。
Step 1a:
Scrapping off the outer layer to make the barks thinner; it’s easier to beat
on them this way.
刮下外皮
Step 1b: The
resultant bark and trunk.
剩下樹幹
Step 2: Beating
tree trunks, making barks come off easily.
敲打樹幹，使樹皮鬆脫容易取下。
Step 3a: Beating
the barks thinner, in order to make them suitable for making bark clothes.
敲打樹幹，使樹皮鬆脫容易製作。
Step 3b: Barks
that came off and tree trucks that are striped.
取下樹皮，再度打鬆。
Step 4a: Peeling
away fibers with a pocket knife, making the barks thinner to make bark
clothes.
刮掉樹皮外表，方便製作樹皮衣。
Step 4b: Peeling
away fibers with a pocket knife, making the barks thinner to make bark
clothes.
刮掉樹皮外表，方便製作樹皮衣。
Step 5: Starting
to make hats.
製作樹皮帽
Bark hats
樹皮帽
Bark hats
Bark clothes
樹皮衣
Bark clothes
樹皮衣
Bark short skirt
樹皮褲
Bark Puttee
樹皮綁腿
Bark bags for Betel
檳榔袋
