Small, spherical jug with a short, slightly protruding neck. The object has been smoothed and polished on both sides. Its exterior is primed, painted and lightly polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The pottery has a white-brownish base colour, which is painted red and black-brown on the outside of the vessel. The body is decorated with a central, all-round frieze featuring geometric motifs. They show rhombuses and trapezoids with a dot in the centre. The motifs appear to imitate textile or wickerwork. The frieze is bordered by black and brown lines. A circumferential red band appears at the base. The neck of the vessel was decorated in red on both sides. The inside of the body remains unpainted. According to Lothrop 1926: highland polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the pottery of the Mora group was 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 variant is related to the Gillén Negro sobre café claro (1350-1000d.C.) and Palmira Policromo (1350-1000d.C.) groups. (Künne 2004)