Español: La balsa muisca es una pieza de orfebrería precolombina elaborada por la cultura muisca que se exhibe en la Sala de las Ofrendas del Museo del Oro de Bogotá, Colombia. Esta balsa de oro está asociada a la leyenda de El Dorado ya que representa el acto de investidura de poder de los jefes muiscas bañado en polvo de oro que se celebraba en la laguna de Guatavita. La pieza fue encontrada en 1969 en Pasca, Cundinamarca
English: Muisca raft in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia. This raft made of gold was found in Pasca, Cundinamarca, in 1969, and is associated with the legend of El Dorado, representing the ceremony that used to take place in Lake Guatavita where the zipa would cover his body in gold dust and drop gold and emerald offerings into the lake.
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Muisca raft (1200–1500 CE), representation of the initiation of the new zipa (ruler) at the lake of Guatavita, referring to the ceremony of the legend of El Dorado. Found in Pasca, Cundinamarca, in 1969. Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia
La balsa muisca es una pieza de orfebrería precolombina que se exhibe en la Sala de las Ofrendas del Museo del Oro de Bogotá