Cloth woven on a horizontal loom is limited to shoulder width, so all the tribes were accomplished in making clothes by joining together pieces of cloth, which were then embroidered.
由於以水平式紡織，紡織出的布匹通常只與肩同寬，這造就了原住民各族皆以拼布方式製衣，再綴上刺繡的風俗。