Wood-Carved Statue of a Hunter Carrying a Pig (Back)

Hunting was once an important traditional part of the subsistence lifestyle for indigenous Taiwanese tribes. In the past, each tribe had their own hunting grounds, and these boundaries were respected. The main hunting weapons were match-lock guns, bows and arrows, darts, knives, nets, and sometimes traps. Each tribe distributed the game equally among its members, with the head and the tail reserved for the hunter.