The socially stratified Paiwan tribe has a wide range of clothing and cloth colors. Most admired by the tribe members but restricted to use by the chieftain, are patterns depicting human figures.
再以重視社會階級的排灣族為例，他們的服裝與織布色彩瑰麗多變，其中「人頭紋」圖案是族人認為最漂亮的圖案之一，只有頭目階級方能配用。