<?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>2026-05-31</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>vattenflaska, bottle</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>2441148</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/2441148</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>2013.05.0018</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>2013.05.0018, Korsvägar 1 - (plan 4), hyllplan, Korsvägar 1 - Zon A2, Korsvägar RJ-Vattenvägar, Korsvägar RJ, Amerika, Korsvägar 1, Zon A2-5, United States, Tomma vattenflaskor, torra munnar, vatten som en illusion. Föremålen är kvarlämnade spår från migranter som försökt ta sig norrut genom Sonoraöknen. Bakom varje flaska och broderad duk gömmer sig en historia, ett öde, ibland en tragedi. I en utställning på ett museum tillägnas de som minnen för alla de migranter som ofta bara blir ett nummer i statistiken., The water bottles and hand-embroidered towels were included in a 2004–2010 installation, “Hardship and Hope”, by Valerie James and Antonia Gallegos. These objects are the remaining traces of migrants who tried to come north through the Sonoran Desert. Behind every water bottle and embroidered towel is a story, a human fate, sometimes a tragedy.</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/2441825/2013.05.0018_alt.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/zoom/2441824/2013.05.0018_alt.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:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/tn/2441820/2013.05.0018.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/zoom/2441819/2013.05.0018.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:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/tn/2441832/2013.05.0018_alt2.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-vkm/web/image/zoom/2441831/2013.05.0018_alt2.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/2441148</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/xml/2441148</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-VKM/objekt/rdf/2441148</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>