Fragmentary vessel base with wall attachment. The glued sherds probably belong to an ovaloid vessel that had a domed base and a hollow foot. The base is marked by an attached, circumferential bead. The object has been smoothed, sanded and primed on both sides. Its exterior has been painted and polished. The paint and primer are partially eroded. The base is completely fragmented. The ceramic has been primed twice. It has a white-yellowish covering colour, which was applied on a red background. The outside of the object is painted black-brown and red-orange. There are two circumferential friezes at the base that show stylised stepped elements. The motifs appear on a black background and simulate a negative technique. Both friezes are separated from each other by a red-orange band. The base is decorated with another red-orange band. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish covering colour are visible on the inside of the pottery. Cultural significance: according to Snarskis (1983: 65) and Lange (2003, pers. comm.), the Pataky group displaced the Papagayo pottery in the Gran Nicoya region between 1250 and 1150d.C.. Their decoration shows a strong Mesoamerican influence. According to Lothrop (1926), the diagnostic motifs consist of the "silhouette jaguar, type B" and the "plumed serpent, type C". They are also known from folding books made in the Postclassic Mixteca-Puebla style (1520-1200d.C.). The group occurs mainly in burials. (Künne 2004)