A group of three ancient Pre Classic items from central Mexico, Tlatilco culture. The first ceramic object is light gray in color, it is a waist length relief fragment of a torso with a hand on the stomach, decorated with bracelets. The second and third objects are parts of one figure, the head and body, made of red clay. The head has a high headdress with a bandage with scratched vertical stripes. The body is sculpted to the waist, with a hand on the stomach, just like the first figure. Tlatilco culture is a culture that flourished in the Valley of Mexico between the years 1250 BCE and 800 BCE, during the Mesoamerican Early Formative period. Ancient Mesoamerican Folk Art Collectibles.