Small head fragment. The object belonged to an anthropomorphic sculpture wearing head and ear jewellery. The ceramic was smoothed, slurried, primed, painted and polished. The primer and paint are very heavily eroded. The fragment has a white-yellowish base colour, which is painted black and red. The figure has large, vividly emphasised eyes. It wears an open headdress. Ferrero (1975) and Healy (1980) refer to seated and standing anthropomorphic figures that can wear an open or closed headdress. Symbolic meaning: Stevenson-Day (1997) interprets the female sculptures of the Mora group as shamans. 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 design elements (seated anthropomorphic figures with headdresses, mat motif, Kan cross) that are also known from the Maya ceramics (Copador group) of the Clásico Tardío (900-600d.C.). The anthropomorphic figures of the Mora group show greater representational schematism compared to the anthropomorphic sculptures of the zoned bicoloured pottery (Rosales Esgrafiado) and the Policromo Antiguo (Galo Policromo group). (Künne 2004)