dreadlocks
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thumb|right|Plains Cree people|Cree chief [[Poundmaker with locked hair, 1885]]
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thumb|right|Plains Cree people|Cree chief [[Poundmaker with locked hair, 1885]]
Dreadlocks, also known as dreads or locs, are a hairstyle made of rope-like strands of hair. Locs can form naturally in very curly hair, or they can be created with techniques like twisting, backcombing, or crochet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dreadlocks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.