Bellied jug with a domed base and a short, straight neck. The object has been smoothed and polished on both sides. Its exterior is primed, painted and polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. There are several small fractures on the rim. The pottery has a brown base colour, which is painted black-brown on the outside of the vessel. The shoulder is decorated with a circumferential frieze bordered by several horizontal bands. It shows diagonal bundles of lines that imitate textile or wickerwork. The inside of the neck was primed in brown. A black and brown band runs along both sides of the rim of the vessel. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. Cultural significance: the type was documented in burials. Its mould inventory comprises only jugs. (Künne 2004)