Round-bottomed bowl. The object has been smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and polished. The paint and primer are slightly eroded. There are several abrasions on the rim. The pottery has an orange-brown base colour, which was painted red and black-brown. A red band runs along the rim, decorating both sides of the object. On the outside of the vessel wall there is a central, all-round frieze. It shows a horizontal row consisting of "Kan crosses" and red diamonds. They are separated from each other by black-brown vertical lines. Several horizontal, black-brown lines border the motif band. The deeper parts of the object are decorated with a surrounding red band. On the inside of the vessel wall there are several circumferential lines along the lower edge, the uppermost of which has a dotted line decoration. Symbolic meaning: Lothrop (1926) interprets "Kan crosses" as stylised snake eyes. In Classic Maya iconography, the same motifs are often associated with sky bands. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the ceramics of the Mora group were produced in the north-west of Costa Rica and traded to the Central Highlands and the Atlantic region of the country. It uses design elements (seated anthropomorphic figures with headdresses, mat motif, Kan cross) that are also known from the Maya ceramics (Copador group) of the Clásico Tardío (900-600d.C.). The variant has been documented both in burials and in settlement contexts. Lange (1971) links the Mora pottery with the Bramadero Policromo type (1520-1200d.C.), which occurs in the Policromo Tardío (1520-1350d.C.). (Künne 2004)