Wall sherd. The fragment has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its exterior is painted and polished. The paint and primer are partially eroded. Objects IV Ca 47439a-e belong to different vessels. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which is painted red-orange and black-brown on the outside of the vessel. The fragment is decorated with two horizontal, red-orange bands that appear to border a black-brown frieze. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish primer are visible on the inside of the pottery. According to Lothrop (1926): Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the objects of the Papagayo Policromo group represent the beginning of polychrome painting on a white-yellowish ground in the Gran Nicoya region. The tradition lasted until the Policromo Tardío (1350-1520d.C.). Its decoration shows a strong Mesoamerican influence. It manifests itself, among other things, in the replacement of lizard and bat themes by depictions of cats of prey and snakes. (Künne 2004)