Desde o século XV, a agricultura e a abundante vegetação forneciam matéria-prima para os mais diversos artefactos de uso doméstico, uns de natureza funcional como os capachos, as esteiras, as vassouras e os chapéus e, outros, de natureza decorativa como as flores artificiais e as bonecas de folha de milho. As bonecas de folha de milho confeccionadas com a folha de milho, junco ou folha de dragoeiro, representam uma arte tradicional e tipicamente açoriana de trabalhar as fibras vegetais.
Since the 15th century, agriculture and vegetation provided raw materials for different articles of domestic use, some of the functional nature as doormats, brooms and hats, and others, for decoration as artificial flowers and dolls made from corn leaf. The dolls made with corn leaf, cane or leaf from "dragoeiro" tree, represent the traditional and typical Azorean art of working with vegetable fibers.
