Deep, round-bottomed bowl with a straight wall. The object has been smoothed, sanded and primed on both sides. Its matt exterior is painted in polychrome. The red-orange colour was applied after the black-brown decoration. The primer and paint are heavily eroded. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which is painted black-brown and red-orange on the outside of the vessel. The wall is decorated with a frieze running around the lower edge, which shows short, vertically curved lines. Four semi-circular panels decorating the body are attached to the ornamental band. They consist of a semicircle surrounded by two concentric rings. In the centre of the semicircle is a red arched element. The ribbon-shaped, black-brown rings are separated from each other by a red-orange line. They show diagonal bundles of lines reminiscent of textile or wickerwork. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish primer are visible on the inside of the ceramic. A red-orange band runs along the edge. Symbolic meaning: according to Lothrop (1926), the geometric central motif represents the open maw of a snake, which appears in frontal perspective. Lehmann (1913) assigns the decoration to his "Chorotega style". According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware, conventionalised serpent pattern, type H. Cultural significance: the diagnostic decorations of the variant also appear in the Vallejo Policromo, variedad lazo group (1520-1200d.C.). They are also known from the Guasave (1400-700d.C.) and the Aztatlán complex (site Culiacán, 1530-900d.C.) of northwestern Mexico (states of Sinaloa and Nayarit) (Ekholm 1942; Kelly 1945; Stevenson-Day 1984: 310). (Künne 2004)