Travel bag, "tassufra" Tuareg, Mali, Algeria,... Lot 15

Travel bag, "tassufra" Tuareg, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Libya, Burkina Faso Without base / without base leather. W 40 cm. L 105 cm. Provenance: - Heinz-Werner Fusbahn (1905-1958, Stuttgart/Basel) and Margaret Fusbahn-Billwiller (1907-2001, St. Gallen/Sintra). - Heirs of Heinz-Werner Fusbahn. - Gallery Walu, Basel. Further reading: Gabus, Jean (1959). Art of the Desert. Ornaments and signs of handicraft art of the Saharan peoples. Olten: Walter-Verlag. ----------------------------------------------------- Margaret Fusbahn and Heinz-Werner Fusbahn ".. .Margaret Fusbahn was born Rosa Margaretha Billwiller on July 14, 1907 in St.Gallen and grew up in a wealthy merchant family on the Rosenberg . At the age of 20 she marries the German engineer Heinz-Werner Fusbahn. Margaret is one of a handful of female aviation pioneers who set out to conquer the skies in the interwar years. Margaret Fusbahn became known worldwide when she succeeded in breaking the international altitude record for light aircraft in Class C in April 1930. .... She takes part in numerous flying competitions. Her husband Heinz-Werner is infected by her passion for flying and also obtains his brevet. They become known as the "flying couple". In 1932 they fly to Ethiopia for the first time. After that, Heinz-Werner flies to Africa every year - without his wife. In 1938, Margaret Fusbahn divorces..." Excerpt from "Pioneering women: "The flight is worth the life" by Christina Genova, published on 24.10.2017, available on tagblatt.ch. CHF 100 / 200 EUR 91 / 182