Square sampler worked in cross-stitch in red, green and purple silk on a bast fiber ground with two Hawaiian alphabets and an inscription.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
Sampler
""Aole au e noho/ E hele ana au/ Ke aue ini/ Ha mea naauao"" ""Hannah*Kula*Hui*Wai"" ""1844"" (Hawaiian verse; maker's name and date)
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
[name unknown], Hannah (Embroiderer)
Wailuku, HawaII
8 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.594
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