Bellied jug with a domed base. The object has a short, straight neck decorated with sculptural applications. The ceramic is smoothed and slurried on both sides. The outside was primed and painted. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The body is cracked and has a break at the edge. The pottery has a brown base colour, which was painted black-brown on the outside of the vessel. The neck features an anthropomorphic face with painted and applied attributes (eyes, nose, ears). The shoulder is decorated with a circumferential frieze bordered by horizontal bands. It shows diagonal bundles of lines imitating textile or wickerwork. The rim is decorated on both sides by a red band running around it. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. Cultural significance: the type was documented in burials. Its mould inventory comprises only jugs. (Künne 2004)