Flat-bottomed bowl with slightly overhanging, serrated rim and bevelled lip. There is a vertical handle on the slightly concave wall, which is decorated with an upright, avimorph head protome. The object has three hollow, conical legs with narrow, vertical openings and rattling spheres. The ceramic was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and lightly polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The vessel has a flaw on the rim. The object has a salmon-coloured undercoat, which is painted red, black-brown and orange on the outside of the vessel. The lip was decorated with short, vertical lines. On the wall there is a surrounding frieze bordered by two horizontal black-brown bands. It shows a row of rhombuses with a dot in the centre. The empty areas are decorated with red and orange angled elements. A red band runs along the base. The three legs of the vessel have a bird's head-like shape and colouring. Their half-open beaks form the base of the object. The inside of the ceramic is primed in red. A black-brown band runs along the edge. According to Lothrop 1926: highland polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the type was produced exclusively in the south of the Gran Nicoya region and traded to the Central Highlands and the Atlantic region of Costa Rica. The pottery is known both from burials and from settlement contexts. It was often associated with the Altiplano Policromo group (1350-800d.C.). (Künne 2004)