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  • We acquired this object.

2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Touch Tool, Sigma

This is a Touch Tool. It is dated 2020. Its medium is machined brass. It is a part of the department.

This small brass device is designed to latch onto a key chain. The hooked surface is for pulling door handles and the subtle protrusion is for pushing buttons.

It is credited Museum purchase.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7 × 3.2 × 0.3 cm (2 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/8 in.)

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

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