Posted by R. John Howe on April 27, 1999 at 05:29:06:
In Reply to: Re: A restatement of the questions posted by Jerry Silverman on April 27, 1999 at 00:44:54:
Dear folks -
A number of our questions contrast the NW Persian/Caucasian rectangular "mafrash" cargo bag with the Turkmen "envelope" bags. I wonder if the rectagular bag isn't the anomaly. We've noted that Turkmen weavers don't make these rectangular bags. It seems to me that Southern Persian, Turkish, and Balouch weavers did not make this rectangular type bag either. All their bags seem to be versions of what Steve has called an "envelope" bag. Or am I mistaken?
R. John Howe