Small, rectangular bowl with a straight wall and flattened base. The object has two zoomorphic head protomes on the upper rim, which served as handles. It has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. The outside of the bowl was painted in polychrome. The primer and paint are heavily eroded. There are several fractures on the rim and on both protomes. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted black and red. There are two opposing, massive head protomes on the narrow sides of the object. They belong to a predatory cat-like creature that is clutching its mouth with both front legs. Two forelegs are fragmented. The rim is decorated with a surrounding red band. On each wall there is a rectangular picture field depicting black triangles. The inside of the vessel remains undecorated. According to Holmes 1888: alligator ware. According to Lehmann: Chiriquí style. Cultural significance: Stone (1958: 48) reports that objects of this type were associated with iron objects in a burial. She therefore assumes that these ceramics were still being produced in the Diquís region (Pacífico Sur) after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. (Künne 2004)