Cotton thread / W 21x H 29 cm
Introduction
Dr. Ku used the eight-pole weaving technique and red as the main color. The pattern is very similar to that of the Hundred-Pacer. It looks rhombus when viewed from the front and triangular when viewed from the side. There is a special story behind it. A woman wanted to make some new garment for her husband to wear so that he could stand out during important celebrations. However, she didn’t know what patterns to weave. She then comes across a Hundred-Pacer and borrowed a baby snake from the mother snake so that she could weave according to the patterns on the snake's body. Other women in the tribe all envy her when they saw the cloth, so they also came to borrow the snake from the woman. Several days passed, the baby snake did not come home. It turned out that the baby snake had already died in the process of borrowing. The mother snake was very angry about it and led the other snakes to attack the tribe. Except the children who went out to work, in trees, or hidden in the barn, most of the Bunun people were dead. Suddenly, a Bunun man who looks like a lizard appears. It turns out that he is the legendary Bunun man who was turned into a lizard by the sunlight. After his mediation, the Bunun people and the Hundred-Pacer concluded a non-aggression treaty. From then on, the tribe used the pattern as a reference for weaving, and the Hundred-Pacer no longer attacked human.
