Balsa Muisca

E268928
Muisca artifact archaeological artifact goldwork pre-Columbian gold votive raft sculpture

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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