The field guide · Bags, covers and cushions
Mafrash مفرش
A mafrash is a large box-shaped bag for quilts, blankets and other bedding, made of four woven panels sewn to a plain-woven base. It is a transport pack, loaded on animals during migration. The Shahsavan of north-west Persia are best known for them, usually patterned in soumak. Turkmen use the same word for a much smaller bag.
Also Mafrache · Mafrasch · Maftash · blanket box · bedding bag
See also Soumak, Khorjin (saddlebag)
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