Rim shard of a bowl. The object was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and polished. The fragment has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted red, orange and black. On the inside of the object is a surrounding frieze bordered by black and red lines. It is made up of several panels. The surviving panels show a bundle of arrows and concentric circles, which Lothrop (1926) interprets as "jaguar eyes". On the outside of the wall are geometric carvings that were made before the firing. Two horizontal, red-orange bands also appear. Cultural significance: the objects in the Papagayo Policromo group represent the beginning of polychrome painting on a white-yellowish background in the Gran Nicoya region. The tradition lasted until the Policromo Tardío (1350-1520d.C.). Its decoration shows a strong Mesoamerican influence. It manifests itself in the replacement of lizard and bat themes with depictions of cats of prey and snakes. The variant is considered a diagnostic indicator for the first half of the Policromo Medio (1350-800d.C.). Its ceramics served as supra-regional trade goods. The object comes from a cemetery consisting of around 30 tumuli. (Künne, 2005)