tunjos (small metal votive figures)
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Tunjos are small cast-metal votive figures created by the Muisca people, typically offered in religious rituals and deposited in sacred lakes and shrines in pre-Columbian Colombia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| tunjos (small metal votive figures) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2814787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: tunjos (small metal votive figures) Context triple: [Muisca, artForm, tunjos (small metal votive figures)]
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A.
Hopi katsina dolls
Hopi katsina dolls are traditional carved wooden figures created by the Hopi people to represent spiritual beings and teach cultural and religious beliefs.
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B.
Cham sculpture
Cham sculpture refers to the distinctive stone and terracotta artworks created by the Cham people of central and southern Vietnam, renowned for their intricate Hindu-Buddhist iconography and temple decorations dating from around the 4th to 15th centuries.
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C.
Hamsa
Hamsa is a divine swan or goose in Hindu mythology, symbolizing purity and spiritual discernment and serving as the sacred vehicle of the creator god Brahma.
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D.
matryoshka dolls
Matryoshka dolls are traditional Russian nesting dolls consisting of a set of wooden figures of decreasing size placed one inside another, widely recognized as a symbol of Russian and Slavic folk culture.
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E.
Chacmool sculptures
Chacmool sculptures are Mesoamerican stone figures depicting reclining warriors with upraised heads and bowls or disks on their stomachs, used as ritual altars for offerings, especially in Aztec and Maya temples.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: tunjos (small metal votive figures) Target entity description: Tunjos are small cast-metal votive figures created by the Muisca people, typically offered in religious rituals and deposited in sacred lakes and shrines in pre-Columbian Colombia.
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A.
Hopi katsina dolls
Hopi katsina dolls are traditional carved wooden figures created by the Hopi people to represent spiritual beings and teach cultural and religious beliefs.
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B.
Cham sculpture
Cham sculpture refers to the distinctive stone and terracotta artworks created by the Cham people of central and southern Vietnam, renowned for their intricate Hindu-Buddhist iconography and temple decorations dating from around the 4th to 15th centuries.
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C.
Hamsa
Hamsa is a divine swan or goose in Hindu mythology, symbolizing purity and spiritual discernment and serving as the sacred vehicle of the creator god Brahma.
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D.
matryoshka dolls
Matryoshka dolls are traditional Russian nesting dolls consisting of a set of wooden figures of decreasing size placed one inside another, widely recognized as a symbol of Russian and Slavic folk culture.
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E.
Chacmool sculptures
Chacmool sculptures are Mesoamerican stone figures depicting reclining warriors with upraised heads and bowls or disks on their stomachs, used as ritual altars for offerings, especially in Aztec and Maya temples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muisca artifact
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archaeological artifact ⓘ pre-Columbian art ⓘ votive figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Muisca cosmology
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Muisca religion ⓘ |
| category | pre-Hispanic Colombian metalwork ⓘ |
| collectedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| culture |
Muisca
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surface form:
Muisca culture
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| currentLocation |
international museums
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museums in Colombia ⓘ |
| depositedAs | ritual hoards ⓘ |
| depositedIn |
sacred lakes
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shrines ⓘ |
| foundAt |
Lake Guatavita
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other Muisca sacred lagoons ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
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Colombia ⓘ |
| function |
offerings to ancestors
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offerings to deities ⓘ |
| iconography |
animal figures
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anthropomorphic figures ⓘ human figures ⓘ zoomorphic figures ⓘ |
| madeOf |
gold alloy
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metal ⓘ tumbaga ⓘ |
| materialCultureType |
metalwork
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small sculpture ⓘ |
| offeredTo |
Muisca religion
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surface form:
Muisca deities
sacred places ⓘ |
| productionTechnique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
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surface form:
Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes
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| religiousContext |
offerings in temples
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offerings in water bodies ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
ritual deposit
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votive offering ⓘ |
| scale | small ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
anthropology
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archaeology ⓘ art history ⓘ |
| symbolism |
communication with the sacred
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devotional payment ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Intermediate Period of the Andes
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surface form:
Late Intermediate Period in northern Andes
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| typicalUse | religious rituals ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Muisca
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surface form:
Muisca people
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Subject: tunjos (small metal votive figures) Description of subject: Tunjos are small cast-metal votive figures created by the Muisca people, typically offered in religious rituals and deposited in sacred lakes and shrines in pre-Columbian Colombia.
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