Face mask designed and worn by LaShawn Kenley

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A white face mask designed and worn by LaShawn Kenley on June 6, 2020, in Washington, DC during a Black Lives Matter protest of the killing of George Floyd. The mask is made of cotton fabric that has two horizontal pleats sewn to each side of the mask. The cotton fabric is printed with an orange stripe at the top and a geometric pattern at the center. A white elastic loop is sewn to each side of the mask. The back of the mask is lined in black cotton fabric. The mask is entirely machine stitched. There is a printed fabric label sewn to the back of the mask on the bottom proper left corner that reads [Sun Gods].

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