Eldorado gold raft
The gold raft of Eldorado ( gold raft of Pasca ) is a gold artifact, which represents the Eldorado ceremony and is considered to be proof of the authenticity of the Eldorado legend .
description
The 18 cm long sculpture consists of an alloy of gold (80%), silver and copper and shows the ceremony on Lake Guatavita . On the raft there are eleven upright figures with various fruits and stylized headdresses. One person towers over the others, wears nose and ear jewelry and sits on a throne. It probably represents the Muisca king.
The Eldorado gold raft was made by the Muisca using the lost wax technique.
history
The Eldorado raft was discovered in 1969 in a cave near the old Muisca settlement of Pasca, southwest of Bogotá, by farmers looking for their runaway dog. Today the gold raft is in the Museo del Oro of the Banco de la República in Bogotá .