Head ornament of a circle of cane covered with black goat hair, with the ends of the cane bound with string and the junction lapped with cotton wool: Assam, Sema Nagas

Head ornament of a circle of cane covered with black goat hair, with the ends of the cane bound with cotton: Assam, Sema Nagas

Head ornament of a circle of cane covered with black bear? fur, with the ends of the cane bound with together with twine and the junction lapped with cotton wool: Assam, Sema Nagas

Bridal head ornament of parcel-gilt silver, consisting of a domed centre-piece with small triangular plates attached by rings, and with pendants formed of rings, plates and balls suspended: Iraqi, Tekke Turkoman, near Merv

Headband (parmajinni), pigment, plant fibre: Australia, Northern Territory, Tiwi Islands, Bathurst Island, 1980

Kangaroo incisor ornament of eighty eight kangaroo teeth suspended from a strip of dressed kangaroo skin by loops: Australasia, Australia, Victoria, Australian Aboriginal, 1850 - 1860

Head ornament (gnarru) of brown feathers and smaller white feathers tied to a piece of wood, worn in the hair at ceremonies: Australasia, Australia, North West Australia, Australian Aboriginal : Ngarluma, 19th or 20th century

Double headed comb with long teeth, both heads bound at the base with plant fibre, wood: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Massim, 19th century

Comb with three teeth and carving on handle, two holes through handle, wood, Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Massim, 19th century

Silver head ornament: Indonesian, Lesser Sundas, Timor

Sheet of shaped, beaten and embossed gold, once encasing a core of wood or used to encase an amulet consisting of a sheet of paper with Arabic verses copied from the Qu'ran, which was probably attached to a headress and worn as part of cheifly regalia: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante people, taken at the capture of Kumasi (1873 - 1874), mid 18th century

Bridal mat 'Qana Hunhune', woven pandanus textile dyed with commercial dyes the body of which is purple and the long fringes yellow: Oceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, Aoba (Ambae), made by Harrison Hango and Jean Tarisesei, October 2010

Head-dress, metalwork on pink floral textile backing, retangular with ties at each side: Asia, West Asia, Yemen, late 1980s

Head ornament, metal with orange stones, suspended metal chains, and leather lining: Asia, West Asia, Yemen, 1980s

Head-dress, metalwork on textile backing, retangular with ties at each side: Asia, West Asia, Yemen, 1980s