["< sod >'' tunjos'' ( from [ [ chibcha language | muysccubun ] ] :'' tunxo'' ) < ref > { { es } } [ http : / / muysca. cubun. org / muisquismo / tunjo'' tunjo'' ] - muysccubun dictionary online < / ref > are small votive offering figures produced in great quantities by the muisca. they are found in various places on the altiplano, mainly in lakes and rivers, and are the most common object housed in museum collections outside colombia. < ref > { { es } } [ http : / / artesanias - colombia. blogspot. com. co / 2008 / 02 / los - tunjos - muiscas. html'' tunjos'' found in caves and other places ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / images. library. amnh. org / digital / index. php / items / show / 40807'' tunjo'' in american museum of natural history ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. artic. edu / aic / collections / artwork / artist / muisca'' tunjos'' in the art institute chicago ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / collection. artbma. org / emuseum / view / objects / aslist / search @? t : state : flow = f883947a - 3a30 - 4b0b - b2b6 - f750b4419ab5'' tunjos'' in the baltimore museum of art ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. britishmuseum. org / explore / themes / lost _ kingdoms _ of _ south _ america / muisca _ and _ tairona. aspx'' tunjo'' in the british museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ https : / / www. brooklynmuseum. org / opencollection / objects / 97014 / standing _ human _ figure'' tunjo'' in the brooklyn museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. clevelandart. org / national art / collection / search? collection _ search _ query = muisca & op = search & form _ build _ id = form - 3wgoita0qaugyizm6xmq6lfa3trcjs3grhbh06xeja4 & form _ id = clevelandart _ collection _ search _ form'' tunjos'' in the cleveland art museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ https : / / www. dma. org / collection / search? color _ hex _ exact = % 23edc9af & medium _ exact = tumbaga & artist _ creator _ exact = muisca'' tunjos'' in the dallas museum of art ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. huntmuseum. com / collection / collection - items / hcm - 309. aspx'' tunjo'' in hunt museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / metmuseum. org / art / collection / search #! / search? artist = chibcha'' tunjos'' in the metropolitan museum of art ] < / ref > < ref > [ https : / / collections. mfah. org / art / search? culture = muisca & artist = muisca & show = 50'' tunjos'' in the museum of fine arts, houston ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / artmuseum. princeton. edu / collections / objects / 30948'' tunjo'' in the princeton university art museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / nmai. si. edu / exhibitions / infinityofnations / andes / 178022. html'' tunjo'' in the smithsonian national museum of the american indian ] < / ref > the word'' tunjo'' was used first in the literature about the muisca in 1854, by [ [ list of muisca scholars | scholar ] ] [ [ ezequiel uricoechea ] ]. < ref > londono, 1989, p. 107 < / ref > the figurines are mostly [ [ anthropomorphic ] ] with other examples being [ [ zoomorphic ] ]. the'' tunjos'' were mostly elaborated using'' [ [ tumbaga ] ]'' ; an alloy of [ [ gold ] ], [ [ copper ] ] and [ [ silver ] ], some with [ [ trace element | traces ] ] of [ [ lead ] ] or [ [ iron ] ]. < ref name = museo / > the majority of ceramic or stone'' tunjos'' has been described from [ [ mongua ] ], close to [ [ sogamoso ] ]. < ref > sanchez, s. a., p. 3 < / ref > the'' tunjos'' served three purposes ; as decoration of temples and shrines, for offering rituals in the sacred lakes and rivers in the [ [ muisca religion ] ], and as pieces in funerary practices ; to accompany the dead to the afterlife. < ref name = museo > { { es } } [ http : / / www. banrepcultural. org / blaavirtual / historia / meaneg / meaneg8. htm description and metallurgy of'' tunjos'' ] - [ [ gold museum, bogota | museo del oro ] ] - [ [ bogota ] ] < / ref >'' tunjos'' were kept in the houses ('' bohios'' ) of the muisca in ceramic human sculptures, together with [ [ emerald ] ] s. < ref name = pena _ p8 > pena gama, p. 8 < / ref > < eod > < sod >'' tunjos'' ( from [ [ chibcha language | muysccubun ] ] :'' tunxo'' ) < ref > { { es } } [ http : / / muysca. cubun. org / muisquismo / tunjo'' tunjo'' ] - muysccubun dictionary online < / ref > are small votive offering figures produced in great quantities by the muisca. they are found in various places on the altiplano, mainly in lakes and rivers, and are the most common object housed in museum collections outside colombia. < ref > { { es } } [ http : / / artesanias - colombia. blogspot. com. co / 2008 / 02 / los - tunjos - muiscas. html'' tunjos'' found in caves and other places ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / images. library. amnh. org / digital / index. php / items / show / 40807'' tunjo'' in american museum of natural history ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. artic. edu / aic / collections / artwork / artist / muisca'' tunjos'' in the art institute chicago ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / collection. artbma. org / emuseum / view / objects / aslist / search @? t : state : flow = f883947a - 3a30 - 4b0b - b2b6 - f750b4419ab5'' tunjos'' in the baltimore museum of art ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. britishmuseum. org / explore / themes / lost _ kingdoms _ of _ south _ america / muisca _ and _ tairona. aspx'' tunjo'' in the british museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ https : / / www. brooklynmuseum. org / opencollection / objects / 97014 / standing _ human _ figure'' tunjo'' in the brooklyn museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. clevelandart. org / art / collection / search? collection _ search _ query = muisca & op = search & form _ build _ id = form - 3wgoita0qaugyizm6xmq6lfa3trcjs3grhbh06xeja4 & form _ id = clevelandart _ collection _ search _ form'' tunjos'' in the cleveland art museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ https : / / www. dma. org / collection / search? color _ hex _ exact = % 23edc9af & medium _ exact = tumbaga & artist _ creator _ exact = muisca'' tunjos'' in the dallas museum of art ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / www. huntmuseum. com / collection / collection - items / hcm - 309. aspx'' tunjo'' in hunt museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / metmuseum. org / art / collection / search #! / search? artist = chibcha'' tunjos'' in the metropolitan museum of art ] < / ref > < ref > [ https : / / collections. mfah. org / art / search? culture = muisca & artist = muisca & show = 50'' tunjos'' in the museum of fine arts, houston ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / artmuseum. princeton. edu / collections / objects / 30948'' tunjo'' in the princeton university art museum ] < / ref > < ref > [ http : / / nmai. si. edu / exhibitions / infinityofnations / andes / 178022. html'' tunjo'' in the smithsonian national museum of the american indian ] < / ref > the word'' tunjo'' was used first in the literature about the muisca in 1854, by [ [ list of muisca scholars | scholar ] ] [ [ ezequiel uricoechea ] ]. < ref > londono, 1989, p. 107 < / ref > the figurines are mostly [ [ anthropomorphic ] ] with other examples being [ [ zoomorphic ] ]. the'' tunjos'' were mostly elaborated using'' [ [ tumbaga ] ]'' ; an alloy of [ [ gold ] ], [ [ copper ] ] and [ [ silver ] ], some with [ [ trace element | traces ] ] of [ [ lead ] ] or [ [ iron ] ]. < ref name = museo / > the majority of ceramic or stone'' tunjos'' has been described from [ [ mongua ] ], close to [ [ sogamoso ] ]. < ref > sanchez, s. a., p. 3 < / ref > the'' tunjos'' served three purposes ; as decoration of temples and shrines, for offering rituals in the sacred lakes and rivers in the [ [ muisca religion ] ], and as pieces in funerary practices ; to accompany the dead to the afterlife. < ref name = museo > { { es } } [ http : / / www. banrepcultural. org / blaavirtual / historia / meaneg / meaneg8. htm description and metallurgy of'' tunjos'' ] - [ [ gold museum, bogota | museo del oro ] ] - [ [ bogota ] ] < / ref > ceramic human'' tunjos'' were kept in the houses ('' bohios'' ) of the muisca { { clarify } }, together with [ [ emerald ] ] s. < ref name = pena _ p8 > pena gama, p. 8 < / ref > < eod >"]