Wicker Mining Helmet
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This wicker mining helmet was used in India. The prevalence of bamboo and rattan in India may be the reason this helmet was made of wicker instead of the plastic or leather helmets that were prevalent in the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Mining Helmets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ruth Parks in memory of Roland Parks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MI-1099.2
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MI-1099.2
label: accession number
content: 1978.0288
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat, mining, straw
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: straw (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 10 13/16 in; 15.24 cm x 27.432 cm