Before colonisation, married women wore it on special occasions. During German colonisation, missionaries forced the population into European dress. She decided that the headdress had to go back but didn’t dare bring the artefact to Namibia herself: “I was afraid of doing something illegal – what if I was arrested while crossing the border?”
Küng contacted curator Peringanda via the internet and together they decided on the safest method for both parties: the headdress was sent by post. Today it is back.
