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  • We acquired this object.

2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Mask, Mobile Mask Machine

This is a mask. It is dated 2020. Its medium is printed cotton, elastic, recycled fiber . It is a part of the department.

Janique L. Robillard, Katja Flükiger, and Matthew Ingram founded Mobile Mask Machine in 2020. They connected with community members in various neighborhoods to host a plywood cupboard stocked with free masks hand-sewn by volunteers.

It is credited Courtesy of Janique L. Robillard.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 9.5 × 19.1 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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