Category:Muisca tunjos

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.

Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

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Tunjos in the Cleveland Museum of Art (16 F)
Tunjos in the Field Museum of Natural History (15 F)
Tunjos in the International Slavery Museum (4 F)
Tunjos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (15 F)
Tunjos in the Museo del Oro, Bogotá (1 C, 32 F)

Media in category "Muisca tunjos"

The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.

1. Votive offering figure (Tunjos). Muisca People, Colombia, 10th-16th century CE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.jpg 2,228 × 3,936; 8.25 MB
2. Votive offering figure (Tunjos). Muisca People, Colombia, 10th-16th century CE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.jpg 2,397 × 2,511; 5.58 MB
3. Votive offering figure (Tunjos). Muisca People, Colombia, 10th-16th century CE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.jpg 2,469 × 3,052; 7.04 MB
Cast gold male votive figure, Muisca culture, Honolulu Museum of Art, 5171.1.JPG 1,024 × 1,528; 209 KB
Colombia, muisca, figurina in oro, 1000-1550 ca.jpg 808 × 1,360; 1,004 KB
Colombian - Standing Man with Miniature Raft - Walters 572289.jpg 768 × 1,360; 464 KB
Ofrenda Muisca Casa de Moneda.jpg 2,890 × 3,423; 1.92 MB
Ofrendatario.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.19 MB
Tunjo - Club Colombia.jpg 2,835 × 3,352; 4.65 MB