嚴玉英 Yu-Ying Ten | 人間國竇 Taiwan’s Greatest Craftsman
香蕉絲 Banana Silk / L30×W117、L29×W117
噶瑪蘭族人早在蘭陽平原時期便利用香蕉假莖與苧麻纖維製作衣服、背袋等日常用品。香蕉為一年生植物，過多的新芽會影響樹幹品質，因此常需移除多餘的樹幹。每棵樹幹僅有六片可用樹皮，須剔除脆弱部分，撕成絲曬乾後分成細線，再捆成線球進行地織製作。噶瑪蘭婦女坐地織作，將香蕉絲織成實用物品，如背包、舖地織物等，展現創意與文化價值。
Kavalan people used banana stems and ramie fiber to make clothes, backpacks and other daily necessities in the early Lanyang Plain period. Banana is an annual plant. Excessive new shoots will affect the quality of the trunk, so the excess trunk often needs to be removed. There are only six pieces of usable bark on each tree trunk, and the fragile parts must be removed, torn into silk, dried in the sun, divided into thin threads, and then bundled into thread balls for ground weaving. Kavalan women sit on the ground and weave, weaving banana silk into practical items such as backpacks, floor coverings, etc., showing creativity and cultural value.
