Small, three-legged bowl with a domed base. The object has a flaring rim with a flattened lip. There are two opposing strap handles on the wall. The pottery has applied and moulded decoration. Its conical legs have narrow openings and rattle beads. The vessel has been smoothed, slurried, primed and polished on both sides. The primer is partially eroded. The monochrome ceramic has a red-brown base colour. On the convex wall were two opposing, lizard-like head protomes, one of which is broken off. The object is also decorated with attached beads, which have punctate decoration. The inside of the vessel remains unpainted except for the rim. According to Lothrop 1926: highland, stone cist ware. 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 settlement 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)