The Muisca established one of the four grand civilisations of the pre-Columbian Americas on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in present-day central Colombia. Their various forms of art have been described in detail and include pottery, textiles, body art, hieroglyphs and rock art.

Title: Mask Fragment. Date: 10th–16th century. Geography: Colombia. Culture: Muisca. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: Height 3-1/2 in. Classification: Metal-Ornaments. Credit Line: Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974, 1977. Object Number: 1974.271.19

The Muisca, Quimbaya, Calima, Tairona, Tolima and Zenú chiefdoms in ancient Colombia used gold to fashion some of the most visually dramatic and sophisticated works of art found anywhere in the Americas before European contact.

The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are an Indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish invasion. The people speak Muysccubun, a language of the …

The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca in Spanish), sometimes referred to as the Golden Raft of El Dorado, is a pre-Columbian votive piece created by the Muisca, an indigenous people of Colombia in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

It depicts a dignitary, wearing a nose ring and crown, accompanied on a litter or a raft by two attendants, shown at a smaller scale. The Muisca culture that created this object lived in the area...

Muisca. 10th–16th century. Funerary mask. Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s) 900–1100 CE. Pectoral with Face. Calima (Yotoco) artist. 100 BCE–800 CE. Bird Pendant. Early Quimbaya. 300 BCE–700 CE. Eagle Pendant.

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The heavily adorned figure stands prominently at center, flanked by twelve smaller figures wearing masks, carrying canes, and rowing. All figures follow the Muisca standard with an enlarged upper body offset by disproportionately small limbs.