1967 Cadillac Eldorado at Lake Guatavita
by Jack Pumphrey
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1967 Cadillac Eldorado at Lake Guatavita
Artist
Jack Pumphrey
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Painting - Watercolor
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A painting of a 1967 Cadillac Eldorado parked at the view point overlooking Lake Lake Guatavita which was reputedly one of the sacred lakes of the Muisca, and a ritual conducted there is widely thought to be the basis for the legend of El Dorado, "the golden one". The legend says the lake is where the Muisca celebrated a ritual in which the Zipa (named "El Dorado" by the Conquistadores) was covered in gold dust, then venturing out into the water on a ceremonial raft made of rushes, he dived into the waters, washing off the gold, afterward, trinkets, jewelry, and other precious offerings were thrown into the waters by worshipers. A few artifacts of gold and silver found at bottom hold proof to this claim; however, to date, attempts to drain the lake or salvage the gold (see Lake Guatavita gold) have yielded no more than the
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