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2025

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Mask, Rebirth Garments

This is a mask. It is dated 2021. Its medium is cotton, clear plastic, elastic, velcro®. It is a part of the department.

Sky Cubacub designs clothing for “nonbinary, trans, disabled, and Mad queers of all sizes and ages.” This clear mask makes conversation easier for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing and for teachers, therapists, and multilingual people. Cubacub has designed 11 different mask closures for people with different fine motor skills; the mask on display uses Velcro®.

It is credited Courtesy of Sky Cubacub.

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

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