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Coat for male costume made of billy-goat wool woven fabric, stitched by a special tailor. Its sleeves are uncut in the lower end. Decorated all around with wide strip of thick twisted threads (seradia), and embroidered on both front edges with floral decoration, crafted with thinner woolen twisted threads. The decoration is complemented by small spherical buttons wrapped in colored cotton yarn. The rich decoration and light color of the cape indicate that the holder was of upper social class.