Asylana Collections

Tus Kiyiz (tus kiis, tus kiygiz) are traditional, handcrafted wall hangings found mainly among the Kazakh nomads in the windswept mountains of western Mongolia. Hung inside nomadic yurts, Tus Kiyiz provide bright backgrounds for beds and sitting areas. Often given as marriage gifts from mother to daughter, they are unfinished on the bottom as a symbol of the bride’s departure into a world of unbounded opportunity, and as an open invitation back to the family yurt. Most tus kiyis are larger, measuring up to six feet by four feet. Each one is a unique creation, requiring months of painstaking, hand-stitched embroidery. The old ones represent a disappearing art, as sewing machines and modern lifestyles change the traditional nomadic crafts.