Pith helmet - Wikipedia The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, [a] sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi[b] is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith [1] The pith helmet originates from the Spanish military adaptation of the native salakot headgear of the Philippines [2][3]
topee - Wiktionary, the free dictionary topee (plural topees) There were a few people on the platform, among them two Indian police, and a station oflicial with a white topee