<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-08-09</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>textil, cloth</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>2441133</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur - Världskulturmuseet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-VKM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="sv">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/2441133</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>2013.05.0003</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Del av konstverket "Hardship and hope: Crossing the U.S. Mexico Border". 

The genesis of this installation was an altar created in 2004 to young women crossing the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Beginning with a diaper bag found in the desert stuffed with fresh diapers, a child’s birth certificate, infant clothing, and a bottle of No More Tears No Mas Lagrimas baby shampoo, over the years the altar grew as friends, neighbors and humanitarians contributed more items gathered in the desert, articles reflecting the true face of migration, the face of family. 
In the desert we discover hand embroidered cloths with loving inscriptions that read like prayer, treasured family photos and letters from children, religious artifacts and personal belongings carried close to the traveler’s heart like talismans, for protection and safe passage. Each object found embedded in the sand carries a personal untold story, an echo of the human heart, hope and longing, survival and defeat. 

Artists/Archivists: Valarie James &amp; Antonia Gallegos, 2010</pres:description><pres:content>2013.05.0003, Korsvägar 1 - (plan 4), mitten (ej skymd), hängande på metalllist med magneter, Korsvägar 1 - Zon A2, Korsvägar RJ-Vattenvägar, Korsvägar RJ, Amerika, Korsvägar 1, Zon A2-5, United States, Para ti Mamá, För dig mamma står det på den här vackert broderade duken. Den har troligen varit en gåva och använts lindade runt medhavda matpaket. Den har tillsammans med de andra föremålen hittats i Sonoraöknen och är tillhört någon som försökt ta sig norrut till USA., “Para ti mamá” (For you, mama) reads this beautifully embroidered cloth. It was probably a gift, used to wrap stores of food. Along with the other objects, it was found in the Sonoran Desert, and belonged to someone trying to come north to the United States.</pres:content><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Ursprung</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="sv">Nordamerika, USA, Arizona</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Skänkt</pres:event><pres:nameLabel xml:lang="sv">James, Valerie</pres:nameLabel></pres:context><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/tn/2441353/2013.05.0003.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/zoom/2441352/2013.05.0003.jpg</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="sv">Winther Åshaug, Ina Marie</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:references><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/samling/2208320</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/fotografi/2022630</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/fotografi/2673067</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/exhibition/15616701</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/exhibition/2283466</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/exhibitionpart/15616704</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/exhibitionpart/2284167</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/showcase/2420933</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/3248051</pres:reference></pres:references><pres:representations><pres:representation format="HTML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/html/2441133</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/xml/2441133</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/rdf/2441133</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>