{"id":19814,"date":"2025-03-12T14:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/others\/historical-pieces\/mill\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:06:18","slug":"mill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/en\/others\/historical-pieces\/mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><p data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"389\">Azorean hand mills \u2013 considered among the most primitive \u2013 are composed of two pieces carved from basalt: a <strong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"191\">millstone<\/strong> with a central hole through which the cereal falls, and an <strong data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"271\">eccentric handle<\/strong> to impart rotational movement, and a fixed <strong data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"323\">base<\/strong>, which in this example has a high rim and a figure-eight shape.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"595\">These artifacts were essential domestic tools since the settlement of the islands, as they allowed the production of flour without the fees imposed by the millers under the <strong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"585\">captain-donat\u00e1rio<\/strong> system.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"768\">They persisted on these islands until very recent times, particularly on <strong data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"689\">Terceira Island<\/strong>, where they were used to grind the <strong data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"735\">carolo<\/strong> for preparing coarse porridge.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"971\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This piece can be viewed in the <strong data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"826\">long-term exhibition<\/strong> at the Museum of Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, \u201cDo Mar e da Terra&#8230; Uma Hist\u00f3ria no Atl\u00e2ntico,\u201d under the care of the <strong data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"970\">Ethnography Collection.<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-55.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12545 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-55.jpg 630w, https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-55-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azorean hand mills \u2013 considered among the most primitive \u2013 are composed of two pieces carved from basalt: a millstone with a central hole through which the cereal falls, and an eccentric handle to impart rotational movement, and a fixed base, which in this example has a high rim and a figure-eight shape. &#13; These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":19114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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