The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith...
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American fiber helmet (also known as the American pith helmet, safari helmet, tropical helmet, sun helmet, elephant helmet, or pressed fiber helmet) is a type...
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Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which in some cases can store starch...
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and 19th centuries wore helmets made of straw bound together with cut bramble. Europeans in the tropics often wore the pith helmet, developed in the mid-19th...
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Sholapith (section Pith helmet)
shaped into objects of art, or for practical use. It is the "pith" used for pith helmets, so giving them their name. The useful part of this plant is...
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Bearskin (redirect from Bearskin helmet british army)
Several units in the King's Guard of the Royal Thai Armed Forces wear pith helmets with heavy plumes that broadly resemble a bearskin cap as a part of their...
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Salakot (section Pith helmets)
the pith helmet used by European colonizers. Salakot or also spelled as salacot in Spanish and salacco in French is the direct precursor to the pith helmet...
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protection from the sun when on foot patrol. The "bobby helmet" was replaced by a pith helmet for police in Victoria, Australia from 1947, as well by...
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front line still with their leather equipment. The Pith helmet is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith, with a cloth cover, designed to shade the wearer's...
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Several of these helmets were taken to the New World by the Pilgrim fathers, and one of these has been found on Jamestown Island. Pith helmets originated when...
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