Paiwan linked drinking cup

prepared by   Huang bomin

arge ones measured between 14 and 17 centimeters and small ones between 6.8 and 10 centimeters, with many reaching 11 centimeters. Average depth is between 3.3 and 7 centimeters. Most cups can hold about 300cc of liquid (Chen, 1992).

Joint drinking cups were mostly used during wedding banquets or ceremonies. Carved patterns included human heads, human figures, hundred pace pit vipers, deer heads, pig heads and hunting rifles, etc.

This object is an example of one of the earliest types of single cups.
It measures 27 centimeters in length and 7.5 centimeters in height. It is
hexagonal in shape.

Other indigenous tribes such as the Atayal, Saisiyat and Tsou also had the
custom of two persons drinking together.