Bellied, round-bottomed jug with a short overhanging 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. The outside of the ceramic has a salmon-coloured primer that is painted red and black. The shoulder is decorated with a circumferential red frieze with meandering ornamentation. There is a central sequence of motifs on the body. It is made up of several rectangular pictorial fields in which stylised depictions of lizards appear. The double-headed red creatures are depicted in side profile. All red areas are bordered by thin, black outer lines. The inside of the vessel remains undecorated except for the red-painted rim. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware, alligator motif, type A. Cultural significance: the Galo and Carrillo Policromo groups (800-500d.C.) represent the first truly polychrome ceramics produced in the Gran Nicoya region. Their design (shape, colouring, individual motifs) is strongly reminiscent of the Ulua Policromo group (950-550d.C.). Similar lizard-shaped decorations are known from the Costa Rican highlands (protomes) and from the Gran Chiriquí region (painting). The object belongs to a group of decontextualised objects that Lehmann found in a burial ground near El Viejo in March 1908. There are said to be 480 objects from Huaca A alone. In addition to ceramics, they also include axes, rubbing stones, shells and "greenstones". The latter were associated with inhumations. (Künne 2004)