Balsa Muisca

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Balsa Muisca is a famous pre-Columbian gold votive raft sculpture created by the Muisca people of Colombia, often associated with the El Dorado legend.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Balsa Muisca canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muisca artifact
archaeological artifact
goldwork
pre-Columbian gold votive raft sculpture
alsoKnownAs Balsa de El Dorado
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca)
surface form: Muisca Raft
artMovement pre-Hispanic Colombian goldwork
associatedWith El Dorado legend
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca)
surface form: Muisca raft ceremony

Muisca religion
collection Gold Museum (Museo del Oro)
surface form: Museo del Oro collection
countryOfOrigin Colombia
creator Muisca
surface form: Muisca people
culture Muisca
depicts attendants
chief
offering of gold
raft
ritual ceremony
discoveredAt Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department

Pasca
discoveredIn Colombia
discoveryMethod archaeological find
exhibitedAs museum centerpiece
genre votive offering
heritageDesignation national treasure of Colombia
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Bogotá
Gold Museum (Museo del Oro)
surface form: Museo del Oro
madeByTechnique lost-wax casting
material gold
regionOfOrigin Altiplano Cundiboyacense
religiousContext Muisca cosmology
lake offering rituals
significance icon of Colombian cultural heritage
key visual representation of El Dorado myth
subjectOf archaeological research
art historical studies
exhibitions on El Dorado
symbolizes investiture of a ruler
sacred offerings
wealth
timePeriod Late Muisca period
pre-Columbian era
use religious offering
ritual use

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) alternateName Balsa Muisca
subject surface form: Muisca raft
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) nativeName Balsa Muisca
subject surface form: Muisca raft