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It shows a woman in a wide skirted dress which ends just above the ankle. The bodice and top section of the skirt is made from a silver material decorated with a fish scale like pattern. The underskirt is white and decorated with silver motifs and strips of gold braids and garlands of green leaves. She is also wearing a short white and gold cape, with an upstanding collar and lined with silver. Her sleeves are trimmed with garlands of green leaves and end with white, elbow length gloves. She is also wearing a silver hat, decorated with braid and worn tilted on the left side of her head. 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