Small, bulbous jug with a domed base and two vertical strap handles on the lower rim. The object has a short, straight neck with a flattened lip. The body is decorated with sculptural appliqués, incisions and dotted decoration. The object has been smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed and lightly polished. The primer is heavily eroded. The monochrome object has a red-brown base colour. There are horizontal incisions at the base of the neck. Below the base of the handle are two shouldered, zoomorphic head protomes. Four horizontal, incised wavy lines run along the body. In the spaces between them are attached, round knobs decorated with an engraved dot. The inside of the neck of the vessel is painted red-brown. According to Hartman (1901) and Lothrop (1926): highland, Curridabat ware. According to Lothrop 1926: punctured dot motif. Cultural significance: pottery produced in the Central Highlands, on the Atlantic Slope and in the Diquís region. The historical groups Curridabat ware (Hartman 1907), stone cist ware (La Cabaña Aplicado), red ware, type C (Lothrop 1926) and handled group (Holmes 1888; MacCurdy 1911) are closely related from a typological perspective. The ceramics were produced in periods VI (1550-1000d.C.) and V (1000-500d.C.). Monochrome, plastically decorated wares are known from both stone cist tombs and household contexts. Hartman (1901: 31-33) found objects of the La Cabaña Aplicado type associated with glass beads at Las Mercedes (Atlantic Slope). Stone (1977: 167) reports ceramics of the same group (stone cist ware) from Tuis (Central Highlands), which contained a Venetian glass bead. (Künne 2004)