Rim sherd with base attachment. The fragment belongs to a large bowl with a straight rim and domed base. It has been smoothed, slipped, primed, painted and polished on both sides. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The restored object was assembled from three shards. The ceramic has an orange-brown base colour, which is painted black and red. A red band runs along the rim on both sides. There are three horizontal friezes on the outside of the vessel wall, consisting of horizontal lines and a row of dots. The high and low motif bands are black, the central frieze is coloured red. A red band runs along the base. The lower base is decorated with a standing, anthropo-zoomorphic figure with a rectangular head. The black figure appears to be raising its arms. On the inside of the fragment there are several black lines running around the lower edge, the uppermost of which has a dotted line decoration. Cultural significance: the pottery of the Mora group was produced in the north-west of Costa Rica and traded to the Central Highlands and the Atlantic region of the country. It uses design elements (seated anthropomorphic figures with headdresses, mat motif, Kan cross) that are also known from the Maya ceramics (Copador group) of the Clásico Tardío (900-600d.C.). The variant has been documented both in burials and in settlement contexts. Lange (1971) links the Mora pottery with the Bramadero Policromo type (1520-1200d.C.), which occurs in the Policromo Tardío (1520-1350d.C.). (Künne 2004)