Very large, zoomorphic stone sculpture. The object is formed by a cylindrical block to which a high, flattened beak is attached. Its upper and lower sections are separated by an engraved line. The avimorph creature has two small, round eyes and barely hinted at ears. The head and neck merge seamlessly into one another. The object is decorated with a circumferential line around the lower edge, which is engraved into the stone. Its flat, round upper side shows no signs of use. The sculpture has small flaking and abrasions. Historical-ethnographic analogies: in the 20th century, the peasant/indigenous populations of the Gran Chiriquí region used undecorated wooden objects similar to hourglasses, the top of which had a concave curvature (Constenla Umaña 1986: 109). It served as a container for the prepared food when crushing and grinding maize grains. The Colombian tukano recognise tall, hourglass-shaped ceramics that served as pot stands (Reichel-Dolmatoff 1978: 33, Fig. 52). Cultural significance: Snarskis (1981: 195, Fig. 100) interprets the group as seats or thrones. He surmises that most of the objects represent a masked, lizard-like creature. Lehmann, on the other hand, believes that the sculptures were used as gravestones (IB 74(I): E 1078/08). Many of the figures have knobbed decorations reminiscent of Potosí Aplicado pottery (1350-500d.C.). Baudez (1967) documented similar stone artefacts associated with round living platforms at the Papagayo site (Grand Nicoya). (Künne 2005)