Mask of Queen Malakaye

Mask of Queen Malakaye

Nubian

Napatan Period, reign of Tanwetamani

664–653 B.C.

Gilded silver mask of Queen Malakaye who wears a striated wig and broadcollar.

Provenance

From Nuri, pyramid 59 (tomb of Quen Malakaye). 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Acession date: March 1, 1920)

Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

http://www.mfa.org/node/9458