From a heterogeneous collection of loot, Achmet Zek procured a
pith helmet and a European saddle, and from his black slaves and followers a party of porters, askaris and tent boys to make up a modest safari for a big game hunter.
He wheeled to face an utter stranger--a tall, black-haired, gray-eyed stranger clad in khaki and
pith helmet. Malbihn reached for his gun again, but another hand had been quicker than his and he saw the weapon tossed to the ground at the side of the tent--out of reach.
His eyes took in my large
pith helmet, my khaki jacket, and bandoleers of cartridges, the two revolvers swinging at my hips, the large rifle resting against my body.
Both the Englishmen wore light clothes and white
pith helmets and puggrees, but there, for the most part, their resemblance ended.
A man from Nyeri has embarked on a 150-kilometre journey to deliver what he calls a "relic of misery" to State House Nairobi.Mr James Ndei, who began his 150km trek on Wednesday evening from Gitunduti village in Mathira, hopes to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta and hand over a
pith helmet given to his granrents by Mzee Jomo Kenyatta 75 years ago.
Dressed in pajama bottoms, old slippers and a
pith helmet, the man was Sir Charles Henry Augustus Frederick Lockhart Ross, Ninth Baronet of Balnagown, Scotland, and inventor of the Ross straight-pull rifle.
There were times when expeditions were sent out to find the elusive Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc - normally in khaki shorts and a
pith helmet, a la It Ain't Half Hot Mum - one for the teenagers there.
"Society-Conscious Filipina," a delicately-painted portrait of a woman in a terno, achieved nearly P4 million "Surveying the New Territory," of a colonial master in a
pith helmet, went for P3 million.
Trump drew some criticism for wearing a white
pith helmet during a safari in Kenya because of its association with the exploitation of Africans.
Melania, 48, faced criticism over her clothing choices when she donned a colonial-style
pith helmet.
The Slovenian-born First Lady also hit out at those who criticised her for wearing a
pith helmet on a safari in Kenya.
pith helmet - a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun