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

Duane Esarey (1987, 1990) argued that engravings on shell gorgets of the Braden/Eddyville style or the McAdams type that bear spiders fit the beliefs and practices of the Osage far better than those of the distant Cherokee.