Now and again she would take the hjjk star down from the wall, the amulet of plaited grass that she had carried back with her from the Nest years ago.
The star itself, that simple thing of plaited grass, is covered with sharp black bristles now.
She taught Locklear how repeated boiling turned acorns into edible nuts, and wove mats of plaited grass for the cabin.
The same process was repeated for a dried leaf, a small carved figure of a lamb, a handful of herbs bound with a twist of plaited grass, and a small earthen pot.
A headband of plaited grass encircled her brow, holding her hair back.
Tumataugena gave him a bodkin fashioned from the spine of a fish, with a handle of plaited black grass; Tamatane gave him a gourd brimming with sweet water.
The headband of plaited grass encircled her glossy black hair.
Before the house stood one of commanding stature, clad from head to foot in robes composed of plaited grasses, dyed in many colours.
The dancers wear skirts woven out of plaited grass.
Then I took him and wrapped him up in my bundle of medicines, and outside of all I rolled a mat of plaited grass.