Tlatilco acrobat

Tlatilco acrobat
MaterialCeramic.
Size25 x 16 cm
Period/culturePreclassic (1200 BC – 600 AD)
DiscoveredTlatilco, Mexico State
CultureTlatilco culture
Official catalogue of the National Museum of Anthropology

The Tlatilco Acrobat is a ceramic sculpture dating to the Mesoamerican Preclassic Period and the Tlatilco culture, which arose in the valley of Mexico in the mid-Preclassic (13th to 8th century B. C.)

Painting of the valley of Mexico by José María Velasco.