"In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their twinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, the rings and nose jewels, the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.
"They Call Me Carpenter"
Upton Sinclair
Some of the ornamental headbands and initial letters that he used were of an artistic character, and were used with good effect.
"A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898"
Henry R. Plomer
The pole to which the corpse was tied when borne to the burial was placed horizontally before the tomb, supported with both ends resting on the high side walls of the burrow, and on it were hung a dozen white-bark headbands which were worn, evidently, as a mark of mourning, by many of the men who attended the burial.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks