Round-bottomed, bulbous jug with a convex neck and overhanging rim. The ceramic has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. The outside is painted and polished. The primer and paint are barely eroded. The object has several fractures and cracks. The ceramic has a salmon-coloured undercoat, which was painted red and black. There is a circumferential frieze on the neck. It shows several rectangular motifs, which Lothrop (1926) interprets as the mouth of a lizard. On the body there is a surrounding sequence of images consisting of several rectangular sectors. Two red bands appear in them, which are intertwined. All pictorial representations are bordered by thin black outer lines. The individual pictorial fields are separated from each other by red lines. The inside of the pottery remains undecorated except for the red-painted rim. After Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware, alligator motif, type A. Lizard theme. Enclosed bag with woody, pulverised material (packaging residue)? Cultural significance: the Galo and Carrillo Policromo groups (800-500d.C.) represent the first truly polychrome ceramics produced in the Gran Nicoya region. Their design (shape, colouring, individual motifs) is strongly reminiscent of the Ulua Policromo group (950-550d.C.). (Künne 2004)