- 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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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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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...
-
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...
- 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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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...
- was issued. Headgear, also in tan,
initially consisted of a sidecap,
pith helmet, or a
unique tropical peaked cap
design with
detachable neckshade, although...
-
finial made of
metal or wood. The
salakot is the
direct precursor to the
pith helmet (also
called salacot in
Spanish and
salacco in French)
widely used by...
- The M87 is a
combat helmet of
South African origin manufactured by
South African Pith Helmet Industries (S.A.P.H.I) of Rosslyn. The
kevlar composite M87...
- (Tamil). The low
density wood of this
plant is used to make hats
known as
pith helmets or sola topis. It is
native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia...
