Pepper-and-salt hair pulled back into a short thick braid, dark eyes difficult to read.

"I just remember watching Newark burn on television," she said, tugging at one of the short braids that frame her face.

His long, thick mustache had been twisted into two short braids and tied with golden wire.

His dark hair was pulled back into a short braid.

Then an older man with short white braids said, "None.

His beard was black and worn in two thin short braids twisted beneath a strong chin.

Jackson paced a little, pulling at the short braids that stuck up in all directions on his head.

His skin was greased and his hair tied back in a short braid.

The executioner reached down, took hold of the man's short braid, and yanked it over to one side.

In her two short braids of black hair there was a gilt thread wound.