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White cotton pith helmet; six segments in crown, topped with button; matching band and brim; thin leather chin strap with buckle across; front brim fastening with metal hooks to inside of brim; inside of brim lined with green canvas; broad tan leather band inside crown with smaller red silk band with drawstring closure; round metal vent middle of inside crown.
topees
headgear
cotton (textile)
leather
metal
Helmet
Helmet, Pith
Helmet, Pith
Labels: 1) (center-inside crown, gold letters on green leather, circular format:) ""Christy's London. For the Tropics"". 2) (cloth label, back-inside crown:) ""Davies Bryan & Co, Cairo & Alexandria"". 3) (name & insignia embossed in gold on leather, left side, inside crown:) ""Christy's London"".
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Possibly Christy's London (Maker)
Davies Bryan & Co. (Retailer)
London, England
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6156
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