Three-legged, round-bottomed vessel with a high, recessed wall. The object has a projecting rim with a flattened lip. There is a notched band around the rim. The hollow, conical legs have two narrow, vertical openings and rattle balls. There is a circumferential, notched bead at the base of the neck. The ceramic has been smoothed and slurried on both sides. Its exterior is primed, painted and lightly polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The object has a glued break. The ceramic has a red base colour, which is painted black on the outside of the vessel. Below the rim is a circumferential line from which black triangles hang down. The high wall is decorated with triangular fields that have cross-grid structures. Two black bands intersect at the bottom of the vessel. The legs are decorated with black lines. The interior of the object remains undecorated. After Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: the type also occurs in the Cordillera de Guanacaste and in the Atlántico Norte region. It has been documented both in burials and in household contexts. (Künne 2004)