Balsa Muisca Replica El Dorado Legend Bogota Colombia Rare

Description

NOTE - price drop due to one part got damaged in my recent move. It probably can be re-attached with a soldering gun but it is no longer in excellent condition.
Balsa Muisca Replica El Dorado Legend Bogota Colombia Rare. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.
This Piece is a replica of the original which is in the museum of gold in Bogota, Colombia.Granite Base with 24 K gold plated raft.
The figure refers to the ceremony of the legend of El Dorado. It represents the ceremony of investiture of the Muisca chief, which used to take place at Lake Guatavita.[1] During this ritual, the heir to the chieftainship (zipa) covered his body with gold dust and jumped into the lake along with gold offerings and emeralds to the gods. The piece has a base in the shape of a log boat with dimensions of 19.5 cm x 10.1 cm and various figures on the raft, the largest figure that stands in the middle apparently represents the chief, which is adorned with headdresses, nose rings and earrings, measuring 10.2 cm and is surrounded by his soldiers who carry banners.
The raft was found by three farmers in early 1969 in a cave in the village of Lázaro Fonte in the municipality of Pasca (Cundinamarca), Colombia, in a ceramic pot, adorned with a human figure whose face has sharp teeth.[1] The priest of the municipality protected the piece until it was acquired by Bogota's Gold Museum and where it has become one of its major exhibition pieces.[2][3] It has never left Colombia.
Balsa Muisca es una pieza precolombina elaborada por los indígenas muiscas entre los años 600 a 1600 d.C por medio de la tecnica de fundicion de la sera perduda en ORO. La pieza hace alusión a la seremonia de la leyenda El Dorado en la cual se representa el evento donde se coronaba a los jefes Muiscas que se celebraban en la Laguna de Guatavita. En el cual el sucesor cubre todo su cuerpo con polvo y acompañado del pueblo se dirigen a la Laguna y todos arrojan Esmeraldas y oro para dar la ofrenda a los Dioses. La figura tiene una base de de forma de una embarcacion de troncos con unas dimensiones de 19.5 cm x 10,1cm y varias figuras en las que se destaca una pieza en el medio la cual es la mas alta y se cree que representa al cacique. Esta pieza fue encontrada en el año de 1969 por un campesino dentro de una cueva donde estaba en una vasija ceremonial. La original se encuentra exibida en el museo del oro de Bogotà.
Medidas
Alto 8.5 cm
Largo 19cm
Ancho 11cm
Réplica de la época precolombina, El territorio colombiano dio fruto a grandes y diversas sociedades antes de la llegada de Colón como los Quimbaya, Muiscas, Zenú, San Agustín, Tayrona, etc. Entre uno de sus herencias fue el uso del tumbaga o aleación de metales con baño en oro.
Técnica: Cera perdida
Materia: Bronce, plata
Cubierta: Baño en oro 24 kts
Measures
Height 8.5 cm
Length 19cm
Width 11cm
Replica of the pre-Columbian era, The Colombian territory gave fruit to large and diverse societies before the arrival of Columbus such as the Quimbaya, Muiscas, Zenú, San Agustín, Tayrona, etc. Among one of its inheritances was the use of the tumbaga or metal alloy with a gold bath.
Technique: Lost wax
Materia: Bronze, silver
Cover: 24 kts gold plated