Category:Muisca tunjos
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Español: Un tunjo es una pequeña figura antropomorfa o zoomorfa elaborada por los muiscas como parte de su arte. Los tunjos estaban hechos de oro o tumbaga (una aleación de oro, plata y cobre). Los tunjos se usaban como piezas de ofrenda votiva, para comunicarse con los dioses y cuando los muiscas pedían favores a sus deidades.
English: A tunjo is a small anthropomorh or zoomorph figure elaborated by the Muisca as part of their art. Tunjos were made of gold or tumbaga (a gold-silver-copper alloy). The Muisca used their tunjos in various instances in their religion and as votive offerings to communicate with the gods and when the Muisca asked for favors from their deities.
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Media in category "Muisca tunjos"
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Cast gold male votive figure, Muisca culture, Honolulu Museum of Art, 5171.1.JPG 1,024 × 1,528; 209 KB
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Colombia, muisca, figurina in oro, 1000-1550 ca.jpg 808 × 1,360; 1,004 KB
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Colombian - Standing Man with Miniature Raft - Walters 572289.jpg 768 × 1,360; 464 KB
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Ofrenda Muisca Casa de Moneda.jpg 2,890 × 3,423; 1.92 MB
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Tunjo - Club Colombia.jpg 2,835 × 3,352; 4.65 MB
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