Muisca art
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This article describes the art produced by the Muisca. 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. While their architecture was modest compared to the Inca, Aztec and Maya civilisations, the Muisca are best known for their skilled goldworking. The Museo del Oro in the Colombian capital Bogotá houses the biggest collection of golden objects in the world, from various Colombian cultures including the Muisca.
An example of the interaction of the art of nature and the famous goldworking of the Muisca is the precious golden sea snail in the collection of the Museo del Oro in Bogotá
The rock shelters of Suesca at the northern edge of the Bogotá savanna were inhabited early in history and characterised by artistic expressions in the form of rock art and a collection of 150 mummies, found in the early colonial period
The Muisca were fishermen and caught the fish of the many lakes and rivers of the Altiplano using golden hooks
The phallic monoliths of archaeoastronomical observatory El Infiernito are the oldest remaining constructed art on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Piedras del Tunjo is an important archaeological park established on a natural rock shelter 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Bogotá in the municipality of Facatativá.
Centre of the Piedras del Tunjo Archaeological Park
Rock face with petroglyphs
Petroglyph on one of the rocks
Vandalised petroglyph