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Categories: 1910s fashion, 1870s fashion, North-West Mounted Police, Military uniforms, Wood products
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pith hat  pith helmet  sun helmet  topee  topi
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A lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun WordNet 3.0
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A lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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. Wikipedia
Lightweight cloth-covered helmet Wikidata
A lightweight helmet-shaped hat made of the pith of the sola or shola (Indian spongewood) plant covered with white cotton and faced with green cloth. Also known as a "sola topi", it was originally used by the British army in India in the 19th century, later used more widely. Wiktionary
A pith helmet. Wiktionary
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