 The Lurs sometimes, as here, combine soumak and knotted carpet piling to adorn a single piece.To form the motifs, the weaver may push the weft threads about to form curves or slanting shapes as desired.Soumak saddle bag, Luristan, late 20th century

Soumak products are made in the Caucasus (especially the Shirvan region), Southern and Western Persia including Luristan, Turkish Anatolia, by the Shahsavan tribe and the Kurds in north-western Persia, and by the Baloch people on the Persia–Afghanistan border.