Large, round-bottomed vessel with a deep rim and high, slightly concave wall. The object has a slightly overhanging rim. It has been smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and highly polished. The red colour was applied after the black painting. The primer and paint are partially eroded. There are several scratches on the surface. The pottery has an orange-brown base colour, which is painted black and red. Both sides of the rim of the vessel are decorated with a red band. On the outside of the object there is a circumferential frieze showing "Kan crosses", vertical line bundles and diamond fields. The lower sections of the wall are decorated with all-round black lines with a line pattern. A circumferential red band appears at the rim. On the inside of the vessel wall there are several circumferential lines on the lower rim, the uppermost of which has a dotted line decoration. Symbolic meaning: Lothrop (1926) interprets "Kan crosses" as stylised snake eyes. In Classic Maya iconography, the same motifs are often associated with sky bands. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the ceramics of the Mora group were 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 has been documented both in burials and in settlement contexts. Lange (1971) links the Mora pottery with the Bramadero Policromo type (1520-1200d.C.), which occurs in the Policromo Tardío (1520-1350d.C.). (Künne 2004)