Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

One can posit two aspects to Old Woman: as the bearer of a backpack containing agricultural seeds and as the guardian of a major sacred bundle represented by a large lidded box she protects either by sitting next to it or by laying her hands on it.