The nucleus197Pb was populated via the186W(17O,6n)197Pb reaction at beam energies of 98 and 110 MeV. Two regular ΔI=1 bands of magnetic dipole transitions have been found. Possible interpretations in terms of collective oblate configurations involving high-K proton orbitals coupled to three i13/2neutrons are discussed. The similarities between several of the bands discovered in197–200pbnuclei are emphasized.