Band, or manggeon, to hold man's topknot in place, of horsehair: Korea, ca. 1900

Headband of variegated beadwork backed with cotton cloth, with strings for tying: South East Africa

Headband of small coloured glass beads strung on cotton thread, collected in Blantyre, Malawi: probably South Africa, Zulu people, late 19th century

Headband of small coloured glass beads strung on cotton thread, collected in Blantyre, Malawi: probably South Africa, Zulu people, late 19th century

Headband of woven beadwork with pattern of pink, red, blue, black and white glass beads: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi, Blantyre or Domasi, Yao people, early 20th century

Headband of twine netting, with narrowed ends and tie strings: Australasia, Australia, Queensland

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

Hatband or headband of white cockleshells and yellow snail-shells, strung on plastic gut: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, c. 1970

Headband, indigo cotton embroidered with abstract designs in green, pink and white: Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai, Ainu, by Sunazawa Yumiko, 2002

Headband of cotton dyed indigo blue and embroidered in yellow, white and blue silk: Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai, Ainu, by Sunazawa Yoeko, January 2002