Antique 'Mafrash' (Cargo Bag), Qashqa'i Tribes, Fars Province, South-west Persia.

Name: Antique 'Mafrash' (Cargo Bag), Qashqa'i Tribes, Fars Province, South-west Persia.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1181205
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

Description

Cargo bags or 'mafrash' in Persian, were generally made in pairs and once fully laden with clothes, pots and pans and other personal belongings, were loaded onto each flank of the camel during long migrations. In sedentary situations, when the bags were cleared of possessions, they were laid flat around the circumference of the black tent and stacked.

This amazing mafrash was made by Qashqa'i nomads in Fars, south-western Persia around 1900 in soumak technique and is complete with leather handles and tie-straps on the top.

These storage bags make very decorative seats in the home by stuffing them with foam in order to give them substance and show them off as they might have been used in nomadic life.

Size: 92cm (3' 0") long x 53cm (1' 9") wide x 33cm (1' 1") deep.

Physical Dimensions

Height

53cm (20.87")

Width

92cm (36.22")

Depth

33cm (12.99")

Declaration

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1181205

Dealers Internal Reference

BM2147

Dealers Notes

Viewing by appointment only.

Description

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In sedentary situations, when the bags were cleared of possessions, they were laid flat around the circumference of the black tent and stacked.

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

fig 1. Antique 'Mafrash' (cargo bag), Qashqa'i Tribes, Fars Province, South-West Persia. — fig 1. Antique 'Mafrash' (Cargo Bag), Qashqa'i Tribes, Fars Province, South-west Persia.

This amazing mafrash was made by Qashqa'i nomads in Fars, south-western Persia around 1900 in soumak technique and is complete with leather handles and tie-straps on the top.

These storage bags make very decorative seats in the home by stuffing them with foam in order to give them substance and show them off as they might have been used in nomadic life.

Size: 92cm (3' 0") long x 53cm (1' 9") wide x 33cm (1' 1") deep.