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Fragments of silver mask?
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Tanwetamani
664–653 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia, Nuri, tomb 59
Medium/Technique
Gilt silver
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1059b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Masks
DescriptionFragments from the gilded silver mask of Queen Malakaye (20.1059a). Housed with gilt silver fragments 18-2-349.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, tomb 59. 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.