Small, round-bottomed bowl with retracting rim. The object has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its exterior is polychrome painted and lightly polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The restored object has a continuous break. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which is painted red-orange and black-brown on the outside of the vessel. The object is decorated with a circumferential frieze below the rim, which consists of shortened stepped elements. The ornamental band is bordered by horizontal, black-brown lines. Several semi-circular pictorial fields that decorate the body are attached to the lowest line. They alternately show a red-coloured semicircle or a red grid structure. The central sectors are surrounded by a broad, black-brown band. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish primer are visible on the inside of the pottery. Below the rim there is a red-orange band running all the way round. Symbolic meaning: the design of the shortened stepped elements is reminiscent of the guilloche motif, which is often interpreted as two serpent's bodies intertwined (Ferrero 1975: 405). The semi-circular pictorial fields are reminiscent of the decorations of the Vallejo Policromo, variedad lazo group (1520-1200d.C.). Lothrop (1926) discusses the group under his "underslip incised ware". Cultural significance: the mould inventory of the group mainly comprises plates and three-legged bowls. They may have a white-yellowish or salmon-coloured ground. The objects were decorated with highly stylised motifs and are mainly known from burials. (Künne 2004)