Abstract
The Atayal woven crafts played a large role in the tribe's social customs and organaization. The Atayal loom is one of the original types of simple movable backstrap-type loom. By changing the arrangement of the warping bench and one's way of weaving, simple even weaves to Atayal's own characteristic complex patterns can be woven. In both Taroko and Kawanakajima which were surveyed, a difference in tools or techniques used in weaving were hardly seen, but here were regionai distinctions between the use of colors and patterns. In addition, in the case of the original bamboo-frame bow-type backstrap loom in Taroko, the idiosyncracy of men weaving was seen.
