Small, zoomorphic vascular flute with an inflated resonating body. The instrument has finger holes and a short, conical mouthpiece. The ceramic was smoothed, slurried, primed and painted. The primer and paint are almost completely eroded. The object has small fractures. The pottery probably had a light brown base colour, which was painted red and black-brown. The shape of the object is reminiscent of a turtle-like creature with four flippers. According to Lothrop 1926: highland polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the pottery of the Mora group was produced in the north-west of Costa Rica and traded to the Central Highlands and the Atlantic region of the country. It uses representational elements (seated anthropomorphic figures with headdresses, mat motif, Kan cross), which are also known from the Maya ceramics (Copador group) of the Clásico Tardío (900-600d.C.). The variant is related to the Gillén Negro sobre café claro (1350-1000d.C.) and Palmira Policromo (1350-1000d.C.) groups. (Künne 2004)