Monthly project to disseminate different themes of our material and imaterial cultural heritage. This month: Traditional Madeiran Means of Transport - Human Transport: The Molhelha

Text: Lídia Góes Ferreira

Photo: “Photo report of a woman making a Molhelha, that is, a coarse pillow made with a burlap sac, which is placed on the head and goes down to the shoulders, to make the load contact with the shoulder less difficult”, Eduardo Nunes Pereira Archive 2016PT / ABM / ENP / C / 007-014 / 25-344-351 “Madeiran Writers and Researchers’ Archives. Descriptive instruments”, In the Madeira Historical Archive, XXIII, Edition of the Regional Secretariat for Economy, Tourism and Culture, Regional Culture Board, Madeira Regional Archive and Public Library.

Credits: Madeira Ethnographic Museum