本文以荷蘭東印度公司統治臺灣時，頒給歸順原住民的親王旗與藤杖為例，討論荷蘭人如何透過親王旗與藤杖進行前現代社會的殖民統治及原住民如何運用此兩種信物，達成與公司規範不同的政治目的。文章先後整理親王旗與藤杖在東印度公司臺灣殖民統治脈絡中的緣起，荷蘭人如何規範其使用方式及代表的意義，最後處理原住民如何挪用親王旗與藤杖。

The paper discusses how the Dutch utilized the prince flags and the rattan canes for their pre-modern colonial rule when the Dutch East India Company governed Taiwan, as well as how the indigenous peoples appropriated the flags and the canes for their own political purposes. The flags and the canes were the items that the Dutch bestowed to the indigenous peoples when the latter submitted themselves to the company. The paper describes the origins of the flags and the canes respectively in the context of Dutch colonial rule in Taiwan, and then portrays their designs for usage and the meanings behind. At last it discusses how the indigenous peoples appropriated the aforementioned two objects.

荷蘭東印度公司;殖民統治;親王旗;藤杖

Dutch East India Company or VOC; Colonial Rule; prinsvlag; rotting