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    The gold museum in Bogota, Colombia houses gold sculptures made by the indigenous Muiscas tribe, including two popular works: the Poporo Quimbaya, a lime container indigenous people used for rituals, and the Golden Raft, a votive goldsmith figure made by the Muisca between 600-1600 AD depicting a ceremony from the legend of El Dorado.

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    The gold museum in Bogota, Colombia houses gold sculptures made by the indigenous Muiscas tribe, including two popular works: the Poporo Quimbaya, a lime container indigenous people used for rituals, and the Golden Raft, a votive goldsmith figure made by the Muisca between 600-1600 AD depicting a ceremony from the legend of El Dorado.

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    Two of The Most Popular Sculptures Are:: Poporo Quimbaya

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    The gold museum in Bogota, Colombia houses gold sculptures made by the indigenous Muiscas tribe, including two popular works: the Poporo Quimbaya, a lime container indigenous people used for rituals, and the Golden Raft, a votive goldsmith figure made by the Muisca between 600-1600 AD depicting a ceremony from the legend of El Dorado.

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    Gold Museum

    The gold museum is


    situated on the
    capital of Colombia,
    Bogota. In there you
    can find gold
    sculptures made by
    the muiscas tribe
    many years ago.

    Two of the Poporo quimbaya


    most popular
    sculptures
    are: The golden raft

    Poporo Quimbaya
    The poporos are containers
    that the indigenous people
    used to store lime used in
    the ritual. To extract the
    lime from the container,
    metal sticks were also
    used.

    The golden raft.


    It is a piece of votive pre-
    Columbian goldsmith made by the
    Muisca culture. It's esteemed that
    the figure was made between 600 and
    1600 AD. C. by casting to the lost
    wax in gold with a small quantity
    of copper. The figure alludes to
    the ceremony of the legend of El
    Dorado.

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