1.0Museum of Angra do Heroismohttps://museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt/en/Vitor Oliveirahttps://museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt/en/author/vitor-oliveira/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SDZAMPlqwk"><a href="https://museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt/en/others/historical-pieces/abano-lequio-folding-fan/">Abano Léquio (Folding Fan)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt/en/others/historical-pieces/abano-lequio-folding-fan/embed/#?secret=SDZAMPlqwk" width="600" height="338" title="“Abano Léquio (Folding Fan)” — Museum of Angra do Heroismo" data-secret="SDZAMPlqwk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Leque is the abbreviated form of the Portuguese expression abano léquio, the latter term referring to the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan. The Latin term flabellum refers to fans used in classical antiquity and by Western civilisations, from which the collector of fans is called a flabellista and the historian a flabelliógrafo. The fan, […]https://museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/banner-74.jpg630400