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Image	Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
	Headband Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr S D. Burrows Apply Mr S D. Burrows filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
	Headband Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr S D. Burrows Apply Mr S D. Burrows filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
	Headband Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
	Looped fibre strings Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter
	Headband of fibre string Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Headband made from a semi-circle of 51 macropod incisors Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Red fabric headband worn by Barrie Pittock Barrie Pittock collection Apply Barrie Pittock collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Dr Barrie Pittock Apply Dr Barrie Pittock filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
	Headband Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
	Forehead ornament Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1929 Apply 1929 filter
	Headband made from white and coloured feathers Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Apply Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1962 Apply 1962 filter
	Headband of kangaroo incisors laced together Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter
	Woven pandanus leaf headband Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection Apply Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter	Evelyn Omeenyo Apply Evelyn Omeenyo filter	2001 Apply 2001 filter
	Headband Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr S D. Burrows Apply Mr S D. Burrows filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
	Headband Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
	Head ornament Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
	Headband made from continuous loop of eighteen strands of fi... University of Sydney collection Apply University of Sydney collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
	Head ornament Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
	Headband Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
	Head ornament Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
	Head ornament Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
	Pamajimi headband, which may be used during the Pukamani and... Tiwi Arts Network collection Apply Tiwi Arts Network collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Josette Papajua Apply Josette Papajua filter	2001 Apply 2001 filter
	Head ornament Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
	Headband made from a skein of totemic emblem string Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
	Woven headband Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Headband of fibre string Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Grey and yellow-orange cross woven pandanus leaf headband Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection Apply Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter		2001 Apply 2001 filter
Image Unavailable	Headband of feathers and fibre string Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
Image Unavailable	Headband of split cane Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Pigmented headband Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
	Headband worn by the Burrangerang Dreamtime dancers Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 Apply Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
Image Unavailable	Ornamental headband Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Raphael Apply Raphael filter	1975 Apply 1975 filter
	Cotton fabric headband Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1977 Apply 1977 filter
	Headband Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
	Headband made from pandanus strings Allan Coogan collection Apply Allan Coogan collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Roy D. Marika MBE Apply Roy D. Marika MBE filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
Image Unavailable	Dance headband Drums of Mer Dance Group collection Apply Drums of Mer Dance Group collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Apply Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia filter	National Museum of Australia Apply National Museum of Australia filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Image Unavailable	Bai Bai Sam or warrior's headband worn by Bruce Tapau Drums of Mer Dance Group collection Apply Drums of Mer Dance Group collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Apply Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia filter	National Museum of Australia Apply National Museum of Australia filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
	Papua New Guinea headband Chris and Diane Clark collection Apply Chris and Diane Clark collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
	Headband worn by the Burrangerang Dreamtime dancers Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 Apply Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Pigmented, woven headband Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
	Headband made from two-ply fibre string Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Image Unavailable	Spun 2 ply fibre string Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
Image Unavailable	headband of fibre string and feathers Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Bai Bai Sam or warrior's headband worn by Danny Ghee Drums of Mer Dance Group collection Apply Drums of Mer Dance Group collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Apply Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Image Unavailable	Bridal satin headband worn by Ella Donovan at her wedding to... Ella Donovan collection Apply Ella Donovan collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Miss Thompson, professional dressmaker Apply Miss Thompson, professional dressmaker filter	1940 Apply 1940 filter
	Head ornament Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Woven headband Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
	Leather oval headband Professor Adolphus Elkin collection Apply Professor Adolphus Elkin collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia Apply Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
	Headband worn by the Burrangerang Dreamtime dancers Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 Apply Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Flower headband or Kuiku Musurr Solomon and Josephine Ahmat collection Apply Solomon and Josephine Ahmat collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Head ornament Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 18/12/1973 collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Headband worn by the Burrangerang Dreamtime dancers Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 Apply Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
Image Unavailable	Looped fibre headband Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Man's headband worn in the Ballet of South Pacific in 1970 Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 Apply Beth Dean Carell collection no. 2 filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Woven headband Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Woven headband Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
	Beaded headband Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission filter
	Blue velvet-covered headband Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter
	Many-stranded looped red ochre fibre strings Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
	Woven headband Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
	Long narrow woven headband Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Headbands Apply Headbands filter	East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter