The first sun helmets were locally made with the main material being shoalpith (or sola pith as it came to be known), which is a dried milky-white spongy plant—Aeschynomene indica—that could ...

The first sun helmets were locally made with the main material being shoalpith (or sola pith as it came to be known), which is a dried milky-white spongy plant—Aeschynomene indica—that could ...

There are various competing legends about the origin of the pith helmet, but historians generally agree the short-brimmed hats — also known as “safari helmets,” “sun helmets” or ...

and became a popular sun hat for civilian Europeans visiting or living in colonies in the 1930s. US President Theodore Roosevelt wore his pith helmet while on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African ...

In the beginning, there was the pith helmet. The first head protection concept introduced to the biking world was a hat made from pith, which is the spongy rind found in the stem of sola plants ...

This weekend, a short-brimmed white hat created a great deal of controversy for first lady Melania Trump. After being photographed wearing a pith helmet on a Friday visit to Nairobi National Park ...

In the beginning, there was the pith helmet. The first head protection concept introduced to the biking world was a hat made ...

Melania Trump’s pith helmet was never just a hat to keep off the sun. It is a symbol of how race and colonialism ghosts shape the African landscape when it comes to safari, poaching and trophy ...