Hollow foot with base. The fragment belongs to an ovaloid, neckless jug. The object has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its matt exterior is painted. The paint and primer are partially eroded. Objects IV Ca 47439a-e belong to different vessels. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted red-orange on the outside of the vessel. There are three circumferential bands on the base. The base was left undecorated. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish ground colour are visible on the inside of the pottery. According to Bransford (1881), the object belongs to the Sta. Helena ware. Lothrop (1926) discusses the same group under his Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the objects of the Papagayo Policromo group represent the beginning of polychrome painting on a white-yellowish ground in the Gran Nicoya region. The tradition lasted until the Policromo Tardío (1350-1520d.C.). Its decoration shows a strong Mesoamerican influence. It manifests itself, among other things, in the replacement of lizard and bat themes by depictions of cats of prey and snakes. (Künne 2004)