topees
Identification code: 300256657
Hierarchy classification:
Alternative term/s
- hats, pith
- helmets, home service
- helmets, pith
- helmets, sola
- helmets, solar
- helmets, universal pattern white
- helmets, wolseley
- home service helmets
- pith hats
- pith helmet
- pith helmets
- pith-helmets
- sola helmets
- sola topees
- sola topis
- solar helmets
- topee
- topees, sola
- topis
- topis, sola
- universal pattern white helmets
- wolseley helmets
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Scope note:
Lightweight helmets of pith or cork covered with cloth with a round crown and fixed brim that slopes downward; worn in tropical regions as a protection against the sun. First worn by the British army in India in the mid-19th century and made with the pith of the sola plant.
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