Small, three-legged jug with an ovaloid body. The object has a short, slightly conical neck with a protruding rim. The neck and body are decorated with sculptural appliqués with dotted decoration. Both sides of the vessel have been smoothed and slipped. Its exterior has been primed and polished. The primer is partially eroded. There are fractures on the rim and on one foot. The monochrome object has a red-brown base colour. There is a modelled, zoomorphic face on the neck. The creature depicted has an elongated mouth and wears ear jewellery. The decoration appears to be repeated on the back of the vessel as a shouldered head protome. Cultural significance: pottery produced in the Central Highlands, on the Atlantic slope and in the Diquís region. The historical groups Curridabat ware (Hartman 1907), stone cist ware (La Cabaña Aplicado), red ware, type C (Lothrop 1926) and handled group (Holmes 1888; MacCurdy 1911) are closely related from a typological perspective. The ceramics were produced in periods VI (1550-1000d.C.) and V (1000-500d.C.). Monochrome, plastically decorated wares are known both from stone cist tombs and from household contexts. Hartman (1901: 31-33) found objects of the La Cabaña Aplicado type associated with glass beads at Las Mercedes (Atlantic Slope). Stone (1977: 167) reports ceramics of the same group (stone cist ware) from Tuis (Central Highlands), which contained a Venetian glass bead. (Künne 2004)