簡介:"PaiwanMain pillar Ethnology原住民民族誌標本排灣祖靈柱T he main pillar is also called the ancestral pillar. This was the most important part of chiefs' houses (Paiwan, Rukai and Puyuma tribes) and a symbol of status. Only chiefs had the right to use figures of their ancestors and the Deinagkistrodon acutus pattern. The various kinds of pattern reflected different ancestral stories and achievements. 主柱又稱祖靈柱,是早期排灣群諸族(排灣、魯凱及卑南族)頭目家屋中,最重要的建築結構與權勢地位的象徵。 人像與蛇紋是排灣族雕刻最主要的主題,而祖先人像與百步蛇等紋樣,更是排灣群頭目或貴族所專有的特權,各式不同的紋樣中,也包含著祖先的傳說與功績。 "