Mafrasch
Mafrash are textiles used in nomadic and rural everyday life, especially those of the Turkmen ethnic groups in the Caucasus and northwestern Persia . These are individual containers for storing bedding, clothes and household items (cutlery, ammunition, manufacturing utensils for carpets), as well as food and grain. Mafrasch have the function of textile cupboards and not - as is often mistakenly assumed - as cradles. But they are also used as suitcases and boxes for hikes. They are mostly made from vegetable-dyed sheep's wool, which is traditionally woven using the slit kilim or sumak technique. Goat or camel hair is also used. Synthetically dyed wool has also been used since the beginning of the 20th century.