Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca)

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Muisca art archaeological artifact golden raft pre-Columbian artwork pre-Columbian gold votive piece

The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) is a famous pre-Columbian gold votive piece depicting a ritual scene associated with the El Dorado legend, created by the Muisca people of what is now Colombia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Muisca Raft	1
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) canonical	1
Muisca raft ceremony	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muisca art ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ golden raft ⓘ pre-Columbian artwork ⓘ pre-Columbian gold votive piece ⓘ
alternateName	Balsa Muisca ⓘ Muisca golden raft ⓘ
associatedWith	El Dorado legend ⓘ Lake Guatavita ritual ⓘ
category	Archaeological discoveries in Colombia ⓘ Pre-Columbian gold objects ⓘ
collection	Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) ⓘ surface form: Museo del Oro
countryOfOrigin	Colombia ⓘ
creator	Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca people
culture	Muisca ⓘ
currentLocation	Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) ⓘ surface form: Gold Museum, Bogotá
depicts	attendants surrounding a chief ⓘ ceremonial raft ⓘ chief covered in gold dust ⓘ offering ceremony ⓘ ritual scene ⓘ
discoveredIn	Colombia ⓘ
discoveredNear	Pasca ⓘ
discoveryCountry	Colombia ⓘ
estimatedDate	c. 600–1600 CE ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) ⓘ surface form: Museo del Oro, Bogotá
genre	votive offering ⓘ
heritageStatus	icon of Colombian cultural heritage ⓘ
influencedBy	Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca cosmology
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Bogotá ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ tumbaga ⓘ
nativeName	Balsa Muisca ⓘ
ownedBy	Banco de la República ⓘ surface form: Banco de la República (Colombia)
partOf	pre-Columbian art of Colombia ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
religion	Muisca religion ⓘ
significance	masterpiece of pre-Columbian goldwork ⓘ symbol of El Dorado myth ⓘ
style	Muisca goldwork ⓘ
subject	Zipa’s investiture ceremony ⓘ inauguration of a new Muisca ruler ⓘ
technique	lost-wax casting ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Muisca period ⓘ
use	religious ceremony ⓘ ritual offering ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) → notableArtifact → Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) ⓘ

Balsa Muisca → associatedWith → Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muisca raft ceremony

Balsa Muisca → alsoKnownAs → Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muisca Raft