Small, bulbous jug with two rimmed, vertical band handles with sculptural applications. The object has a short, slightly flaring neck. There are two opposing, applied decorations on the shoulder. The ceramic was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed and lightly polished. The undercoat is heavily eroded. The object has several dark discolourations. The monochrome object has a red-brown base colour. The handles are decorated with two zoomorphic creatures, which Lothrop (1926) interprets as monkeys. There are two shouldered extremity motifs on the body. All the sculptural applications are notched. The inside of the neck of the vessel is painted red-brown. According to Holmes 1888: grotesque figure. According to Lothrop 1926: highland, stone cist ware; monkey figure. 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 both from stone cist tombs and from 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)