多倫多皇家安大略博物館（ROM）保存的311組約500件馬偕文物，主要是他在傳道旅行途中採集或信徒捐贈物品。原住民部落是當時他傳道和設立教會的重點地區，他收藏的物品也絕超過2/3是原住民文物；其中最精彩和豐富的是噶瑪蘭文物，約有50件，大部分都是臺灣無法看見的稀有物品，如整套噶瑪蘭新娘禮服。從藏品來源族群分析，可以反映出當時馬偕與這些族群的互動關係。

 

The ROM stored 311 sets, around 500 pieces of MacKay’s collections, mostly from his missionary trips and donations from the worshipers. The regions where he preached and established churches were mainly inhabited by aboriginal tribes. More than 2/3 of his collections are also aboriginal cultural objects. The richest and most tremendous parts of his collections are from the Kavalan tribes, a total of about 50 pieces. Most of these 50 pieces, such as the whole set of Kavalan bride wedding gowns, are rarely seen in Taiwan now. An analysis of the ethnic group origins of these collections can reflect the interaction and relationship between MacKay and these ethnic groups.

 

現今族群名稱 Current Classifications of Ethnic Grous	馬偕族群分類 Mackay’s Classification	藏品數量 Number of Artifacts
噶瑪蘭族 Kavalan	平埔番 Pe-po-hoan	40
平埔族群（道卡斯、巴窄或西拉雅等） Pingpu Groups (Taokas, Pazeh, Siraya)	熟番 Sek-hoan	9
泰雅（賽德克）族或賽夏族 Atayal or Saisiyat	生番 Chhi-hoan	62
鄒族或布農族 Zhou or Bunun	生番 Chhi-hoan	2
阿美族（南勢群） Amis	南勢番 Lam-si-hoan	15
其他臺灣原住民族 Other Taiwan Indigenous Group		33
漢 Han-Chinese	漢 Chinese	120
其他 Others		6

 

馬偕採集的臺灣原住民文物以北部山區泰雅族和賽夏族相關物品最多，此外最珍貴而稀有的為噶瑪蘭文物。還有許多漢式神像和其他族群不詳的文物。

 

Most of Mackay’s collections related to Taiwanese aborigines are from the Atayal and the Saisiyat tribes in the northern mountain areas, and the most valuable and rarest objects are from the Kavalan. There are also some Han Chinese god statues and some objects whose sources are unknown.