Mask of Queen Malakaye
Nubian
664-656 BC
Sudan, Nubia, (Nuri)
Gilt silver
Gilded silver mask of Queen Malakaye who wears a striated wig and broadcollar.
Provenance/Ownership History: From Nuri, tomb 59 (tomb of Queen Malakaye). 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the division of finds with the Sudanese government.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
