The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca in Spanish), sometimes referred to as the Golden Raft of El Dorado or the Pasca raft, is a pre-Columbian votive piece created by the Muisca, an Andean people of Colombia in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes that established multiple chiefdoms in the region. The raft was a propitiatory offering made within the historical context of the emerging muisca chiefdom of Pasca.
The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca in Spanish), sometimes referred to as the Golden Raft of El Dorado or the Pasca raft, is a pre-Columbian votive piece created by the Muisca, an Andean people of Colombia in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes that established multiple chiefdoms in the region. The raft was a propitiatory offering made within the historical context of the emerging muisca chiefdom of Pasca.
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