Here's a NY Times article with a great photo, though it doesn't discuss either braids or plaids. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/world/asia/19mummy.html These articles, one notably from the Archaeological Institute of America, do mention the plaid fabrics. http://www.s8int.com/page26.html This is from a Nova article about mummies in general but does include photos of the mummies found in China including one with blond braids. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/taklamakan.html No photos here, but I love the way this article is written, particularly the introduction. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-meeting-of-civilisations-the- mystery-of-chinas-celtic-mummies-413638.html Finally, here are Google Books excerpts from "The Mummies of Urumchi," by textiles expert Elizabeth Wayland Barber, discussing the plaids. http://books.google.com/books?id=xH1agYR4w40C&pg=RA1-PA138&lpg=RA1-PA138&dq= mummies+china+plaid&source=web&ots=hyVj75nPtd&sig=sw-mM_SdfxD6y_D8Cj6d-jNNjv A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result