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Pith Helmet

Vintage Campaign Anglo Indian Wicker Pith Helmet
Vintage Campaign Anglo Indian Wicker Pith Helmet

Vintage Campaign Anglo Indian Wicker Pith Helmet

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Transporting British Colonial Anglo Indian pith helmet or hat ambitiously handcrafted in woven reed

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Mid-20th Century Indian British Colonial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Wicker, Reed

African Chief’s gilt Crown and Sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe
African Chief’s gilt Crown and Sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe

African Chief’s gilt Crown and Sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe

Located in Amsterdam, NL

A splendid Bouelé Chief’s gilt-wood crown and sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe Ivory

Category

Antique Early 1900s Ivorian Tribal Art

Materials

Giltwood

Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks
Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks

Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks

$29,500 / set

H 30 in W 14.5 in D 10 in

Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks

Located in Los Angeles, CA

featuring glass eyes, pith helmets and multi-colored wings.

Category

Antique 18th Century European Candlesticks

Materials

Glass, Wood

Cosmopolitan Story Illustration

Cosmopolitan Story Illustration

By Dean Cornwell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets

Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cosmopolitan Story Illustration
Cosmopolitan Story Illustration

Cosmopolitan Story Illustration

By Dean Cornwell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Lower Right of Right Canvas Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets Publication

Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Traditional Ashanti African Chief’s velvet and gilt-wood Leopard crown on stand
Traditional Ashanti African Chief’s velvet and gilt-wood Leopard crown on stand

Traditional Ashanti African Chief’s velvet and gilt-wood Leopard crown on stand

Located in Amsterdam, NL

flaunted with a traditional crown, clearly thought the ‘fashionable’ Pith helmet of a European colonialist

Category

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Antiquities

Materials

Velvet, Giltwood

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Orient Calls Tourist Conference Satomi Asia
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Orient Calls Tourist Conference Satomi Asia

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Orient Calls Tourist Conference Satomi Asia

Located in London, GB

kimono, a figure in a bamboo hat, a lady carrying water jug on her head and a person in a pith helmet

Category

Vintage 1930s Japanese Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Ashanti African Chief’s ceremonial gold and gilt-metal crown and sash on stand
Ashanti African Chief’s ceremonial gold and gilt-metal crown and sash on stand

Ashanti African Chief’s ceremonial gold and gilt-metal crown and sash on stand

Located in Amsterdam, NL

chief, who before flaunted with a traditional crown, clearly thought the ‘fashionable’ Pith helmet of a

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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Art Nouveau Tribal Art

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Metallic Thread

Yellow White Three-Tiered Contemporary Cake Stand by Nick Weddell Stoneware clay
Yellow White Three-Tiered Contemporary Cake Stand by Nick Weddell Stoneware clay

Yellow White Three-Tiered Contemporary Cake Stand by Nick Weddell Stoneware clay

By Nick Weddell

Located in Barcelona, ES

new profession is a cryptozoologist of clay. He doffs his tan pith helmet, hikes up his dungarees

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stoneware

Contemporary Fruit Bowl by Nick Weddell Purple, Pink, Yellow Stoneware Clay 2022
Contemporary Fruit Bowl by Nick Weddell Purple, Pink, Yellow Stoneware Clay 2022

Contemporary Fruit Bowl by Nick Weddell Purple, Pink, Yellow Stoneware Clay 2022

By Nick Weddell

Located in Barcelona, ES

tan pith helmet, hikes up his dungarees, laces his boots, eager to catalog the mutations of his own

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Serving Bowls

Materials

Stoneware

Nick Weddell Stool Model “Snuffles” Contemporary Red Pink Stool Stoneware Clay
Nick Weddell Stool Model “Snuffles” Contemporary Red Pink Stool Stoneware Clay

Nick Weddell Stool Model “Snuffles” Contemporary Red Pink Stool Stoneware Clay

By Nick Weddell

Located in Barcelona, ES

his tan pith helmet, hikes up his dungarees, laces his boots, eager to catalog the mutations of his

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Stools

Materials

Stoneware

Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.

Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.

$1,252Sale Price|20% Off

H 14.77 in W 27.96 in D 0.08 in

Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

, wearing a white pith helmet and a black jacket, and Kinsen, wearing a flat-brimmed straw hat and a white

Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bronze

Pair of hunting oil painting scenes with wild boar
Pair of hunting oil painting scenes with wild boar

Pair of hunting oil painting scenes with wild boar

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

of the figures wear military uniforms with Wolseley pattern pith helmets. The distinctive sun helmets

Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique English Victorian Ode-to-Empire Pith Helmet Cigar Lighter, 1900
Antique English Victorian Ode-to-Empire Pith Helmet Cigar Lighter, 1900

Antique English Victorian Ode-to-Empire Pith Helmet Cigar Lighter, 1900

By Samuel Walton Smith & Co.

Located in New York, NY

form of pith helmet; spike flue between tools with Classical bust handles. An ode to empire that evokes

Category

Antique Early 1900s British Victorian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Recent Sales

Vintage Pith Helmet
Vintage Pith Helmet

Vintage Pith Helmet

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H 5 in W 11 in D 14 in

Vintage Pith Helmet

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Dashing iconic pith helmet with breather holes, adjustable leather headband, and a vintage Palm

Category

20th Century American British Colonial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Leather

Solar Topee Pith Helmet
Solar Topee Pith Helmet

Solar Topee Pith Helmet

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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in L 0.1 in

Solar Topee Pith Helmet

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Pith Helmet, Solar toupie feet. A good shaped white solar toupie feet (also known as a pith helmet

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Vintage 1950s British More Furniture and Collectibles

Anglo-Indian Rattan and Wicker Pith Helmet
Anglo-Indian Rattan and Wicker Pith Helmet

Anglo-Indian Rattan and Wicker Pith Helmet

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H 6.5 in W 12 in D 14 in

Anglo-Indian Rattan and Wicker Pith Helmet

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Rare and unusual vintage Anglo-Indian pith helmet with decorative appeal crafted in rattan and

Category

20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Wicker, Rattan

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Jeff in Pith Helmet

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Jeff in Pith Helmet

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Workers Protective Helmet, German Automotive Factory
Workers Protective Helmet, German Automotive Factory

Workers Protective Helmet, German Automotive Factory

Located in Peekskill, NY

factory. This Pith helmet style head piece and shroud has a well worn patina that really shows the years

Category

Early 20th Century German Industrial Tribal Art

Asian Folding Table with Brass Tray and Carved Wood, circa 1890
Asian Folding Table with Brass Tray and Carved Wood, circa 1890

Asian Folding Table with Brass Tray and Carved Wood, circa 1890

Located in VÉZELAY, FR

pith helmet and his clothes, surely an officer), dragon, bats, flowers and symbols. Chinoiserie

Category

Antique 1890s Asian Chinese Export Tray Tables

Materials

Brass

Original Antique Recruitment Poster See The World by Joining the Army Gibraltar
Original Antique Recruitment Poster See The World by Joining the Army Gibraltar

Original Antique Recruitment Poster See The World by Joining the Army Gibraltar

By Lionel Edwards

Located in London, GB

soldiers standing on the deck of a ship wearing pith helmets and looking towards a warship in front of the

Category

Vintage 1910s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Clayton Bailey 2 Rare Earthenware Funk Art Sculpture, 1960s
Clayton Bailey 2 Rare Earthenware Funk Art Sculpture, 1960s

Clayton Bailey 2 Rare Earthenware Funk Art Sculpture, 1960s

By Clayton Bailey

Located in Miami, FL

skull and a Bigfoot skeleton.[1] Dressed in a lab coat and pith helmet,[2] Bailey as Dr. Gladstone

Category

Vintage 1960s American Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Pith Helmet, Solar Topee
Pith Helmet, Solar Topee

Pith Helmet, Solar Topee

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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in

Pith Helmet, Solar Topee

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Vintage Pith Helmet, Solar Topee. A good white solar topee (also known as a pith helmet, safari

Category

Mid-20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Hermes Pith Helmet, 1960s
Hermes Pith Helmet, 1960s

Hermes Pith Helmet, 1960s

By Hermès

Located in Toronto, Ontario

A rare and unusual piece of Hermes history, the pith helmet, also know as a sun helmet, was

Category

1960s French Hats

Vintage Safari Pith Helmet
Vintage Safari Pith Helmet

Vintage Safari Pith Helmet

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H 6 in W 11 in D 13 in

Vintage Safari Pith Helmet

Located in Palm Beach, FL

. Beginning its mysterious history in Miami imported for David bergere, this style of Pith helmet is called

Category

20th Century American Campaign Collectibles and Curiosities

Pith Helmet in the Original Tole Box
Pith Helmet in the Original Tole Box

Pith Helmet in the Original Tole Box

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H 14 in W 16 in D 12 in

Pith Helmet in the Original Tole Box

Located in Palm Beach, FL

English pith helmet and painted copper box with all the historical romance you could wish for

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London
Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London

Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London

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H 7.49 in W 11.03 in D 14.97 in

Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Gieves Royal Navy Officer's Tropical Helmet, Pith Helmet, Solar Topee. A good Gieves Ltd. 'Wolseley

Category

Early 20th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Canvas, Cork

1970s Lynx Fur Hat in "Pith Helmet" Shape w Tufted Brim
1970s Lynx Fur Hat in "Pith Helmet" Shape w Tufted Brim

1970s Lynx Fur Hat in "Pith Helmet" Shape w Tufted Brim

Located in Gresham, OR

1970s Lynx fur hat in a pith helmet shape with tufted brim. Jersey lined with a grosgrain band.

Category

1970s American Hats

1930s German Factory Worker Suede Protective Head Gear
1930s German Factory Worker Suede Protective Head Gear

1930s German Factory Worker Suede Protective Head Gear

Located in Peekskill, NY

window with aluminum frame. The top is modeled after Pith Helmet with the whole device covered in suede

Category

Early 20th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Leather

Madame Paulette Haute Couture Lattice Woven Straw Hat
Madame Paulette Haute Couture Lattice Woven Straw Hat

Madame Paulette Haute Couture Lattice Woven Straw Hat

By Madame Paulette

Located in New York, NY

Madame Paulette Haute Couture natural lattice weave straw hat. Styled as a modified pith helmet

Category

1950s French Hats

Yves Saint Laurent Straw Hat With Silk Chiffon Bow, 1960's
Yves Saint Laurent Straw Hat With Silk Chiffon Bow, 1960's

Yves Saint Laurent Straw Hat With Silk Chiffon Bow, 1960's

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Atlanta, GA

conjures images of safari pith helmets ... all with an ultra stylish ladylike chic. The inner rim is lined

Category

1960s French Hats

Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet
Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet

Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet

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H 8.67 in W 8.67 in D 11.82 in

Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet

Located in Haarlem, NL

This cork and canvas officer helmet is a tropical sunhelmet with an imperial cockade on the front

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Cork

Auguste Moreau “Charmeur” Patinated Metal Sculpture Lamp
Auguste Moreau “Charmeur” Patinated Metal Sculpture Lamp

Auguste Moreau “Charmeur” Patinated Metal Sculpture Lamp

By Auguste Moreau

Located in Guaynabo, PR

between his feet. The lamp has a Tiffany stained glass like shade shaped as a pith or sun helmet. This

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Man in Pith Helmet Portrait

Man in Pith Helmet Portrait

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H 20 in W 16 in

Man in Pith Helmet Portrait

Located in Seattle, WA

Simple, close-up portrait of a man wearing a pith helmet with a cloth drape at the back. In soft

Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Board

Folk Art Colonial Carving
Folk Art Colonial Carving

Folk Art Colonial Carving

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H 21 in D 6 in

Folk Art Colonial Carving

Located in Hudson, NY

Wood carving of an colonial African wearing a pith helmet

Category

Early 20th Century African Folk Art Sculptures

British Colonial Mercury Glass Lamp
British Colonial Mercury Glass Lamp

British Colonial Mercury Glass Lamp

Located in Charlottesville, VA

large woven Indian snake basket. Complete with matching pith helmet finial. New black paper, silver

Category

Early 20th Century English British Colonial Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Oil on Canvas by Frederic Remington titled "The Caravan"
Oil on Canvas by Frederic Remington titled "The Caravan"

Oil on Canvas by Frederic Remington titled "The Caravan"

By Frederic Remington

Located in New Orleans, LA

, wearing his pith helmet with a lady in a hat and the second cart in the the forefront, has an African

Category

Antique 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Original Pith Helmet from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940
Original Pith Helmet from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940

Original Pith Helmet from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940

Located in Antwerp, BE

Wolseley model pith helmet used in the Belgian Congo in the 1940s. The Wolseley model was adopted

Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Collectibles and Curiosities

Two Original Pith Helmets from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940
Two Original Pith Helmets from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940

Two Original Pith Helmets from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940

Located in Antwerp, BE

These two Wolseley model pith helmets were used in the Belgian Congo in the 1940s. The Wolseley

Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Collectibles and Curiosities

Gucci Leather Hat
Gucci Leather Hat

Gucci Leather Hat

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Size: 7 1/8

Gucci Leather Hat

By Gucci

Located in Chicago, IL

between a bucket hat and a pith helmet. I bought this hat in an original Gucci box with a date stamp of

Category

1970s Italian Hats

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$69,448 / set

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1970s Industrial Polished Aluminium Brass & Glass Edison Flameproof Strip Light
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By Daeyang

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

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$229,532Sale Price|33% Off

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Located in Amsterdam, NL

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$61,188Sale Price|20% Off

H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in

Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

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Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Apothecary Cabinets

Materials

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$22,945

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Located in Amsterdam, NL

The Netherlands, 21st century, died of natural cause in a European zoo H. 141 cm Endemic to North-east Australia and Papua-Guinea, the Cassowary is regarded as the most dangerous b...

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Located in Amsterdam, NL

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Rare Gold Ashanti Royal Bracelet from Jacaranda Tribal

Located in New York, NY

This magnificent gold bracelet was made for Ashanti royalty. The Ashanti Kingdom's wealth was significantly based on gold-mining and trading in gold, as well as agriculture. The ki...

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The Den of Iniquity, The Valley of the Giants, Red Book Magazine Illustration
The Den of Iniquity, The Valley of the Giants, Red Book Magazine Illustration

The Den of Iniquity, The Valley of the Giants, Red Book Magazine Illustration

By Dean Cornwell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

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Pith Helmet For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal pith helmet for your home. Frequently made of animal skin, leather and canvas, every pith helmet was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pith helmet, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A pith helmet, designed in the style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one pith helmet that is appealing in its simplicity, but Mark Beard and Hermès produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Pith Helmet?

Prices for a pith helmet start at $178 and top out at $4,200 with the average selling for $950.
Questions About Pith Helmet
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No, sadly pith helmets are not bulletproof. Its main purpose was to keep the sun and rain off the wearer’s head, and because of its design, kept the wearer cool in the heat. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of pith helmets from some of the top sellers around the world.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Whether or not pith helmets are cool is largely a matter of personal opinion. However, a major selling point of the pith helmet is that it promotes airflow to help regulate body temperature. You'll find a collection of vintage and antique helmets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A pith helmet, also known as a safari helmet or sun helmet, is a cloth-covered helmet made out of cork. They are recognizable for their rounded design, which allows air to circulate and cool the wearer’s head. Shop a collection of pith helmets from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.