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Guide to The Yomut Mafrash
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The Mafrash Section of the Guide to the Yomut

The Best of Small - Three Yomud Bags

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The van Wieringen Eagle Gul Group 1 Mafrash

Eagle Gul Group 1 Mafrash Rob van Wieringen Collection

Offset Knotted Yomut Mafrash 2nd half 19th c. Rippon Boswell Lot 20

Offset Knotted Yomut Mafrash 2nd half 19th c. Rippon Boswell Lot 20

The Yomut Mafrash

There are two types of Mafrash. The Turkmen weave a flat envelope bag while the tribes in Azerbaijan weave "box" bags. The Turkmen mafrash tends to be very similar to a juval but smaller. The Turkmen mafrash are generally about 2 to 2.5 foot by 1 to 1.5 foot long.

Literature:

Hali, 4/1, 1981, pp. 10-19.

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.


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