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Alphabet Sampler. Horizontal rectangle, cream colored linen ground. Two Hawaiian alphabets. Polychromatic. Alphabets: Two Hawaiian Alphabets: "AEIOUHKLMNPW"; cross stitch, satin stitch.
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Sampler
""LoKa Kula Nui Wailuku" "June 24" "1844"" (maker's name and date)
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
[name unknown], Loka (Embroiderer)
Wailuku, Hawaii
7 1/2 x 9 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.593
Hawaii (United States)
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