About TRIBA
TRIBA is an association of tribal art dealers, seven experts in the antique arts of Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas. The members offer a wide range of high quality sculpture, masks, textiles, ceramics, weapons, shields and jewelry from ancient and traditional cultures and are committed to a standard of excellence and professional conduct. Some members also offer curiosities and other unusual collectables. The dealers of TRIBA guarantee the quality and authenticity of everything they sell. From pre-Columbian to tribal Asian, they have sold important works of trib...Read More
Established in 19991stDibs seller since 2015
Featured Pieces
Nepal Citipati Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Mouth Teeth, Black Skull Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Oval wood dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and oval mouth with finely carved teeth. Heavy projecting cheek bones. This mask represents the Tibetan and Nepal...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nepalese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Standing Teke Fetish Figure with Hard Clay Bundle DRC Congo, Africa ex J Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large important standing Teke fetish figure with original hard clay fetish bundle. from DRC Congo, Africa. Finely carved expressive face with classic projecting beard.
Provenance: e...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Skull Face Mask Nepal Citipati Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Mouth Carved Teeth
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Oval skull face dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and oval mouth with finely carved teeth. Representing the Buddhist Citipati, the skull faced protector. Hea...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Fierce Dan Guere We Mask Hair Tusks Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large fierce Dan Guere or We mask from the Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing collection.
Strong mask with open tubular eyes, projecting carved wood tusks, open mouth with teeth, and att...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Adire Eleko Woman's Wrapper
Yoruba People
Nigeria
Circa 1960s-1970s
Cotton) (2 panels), starch-resist and stencil dyed with indigo
74 x 67 3/4 ins (188 x 172 cm)
"IRANA RDLEN " w...
Category
Vintage 1960s Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Dan Prestige Wood Feast Ladle with Head, Ivory Coast, West Africa on custom base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan carved wood prestige spoon or ladle, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Spoons like this were used by the most prominent woman in the village as a sign of her powe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Liberian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Yosegi (Marquetry) Shibayama Ko Tansu Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Yosegi (Marquetry) Shibayama Ko Tansu, Meiji period
The marquetry is composed of keyayaki (zelkova) and kakinoki (persimmon) wood. Two small doors with inlaid Moth...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Fine Portrait Mask Tall Hair Design Baule People Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine portrait kpwan mask with tall braided hair design, dark to black patina, from the Baule People Ivory Coast Africa, ex Fearing.
Well carved features, curved slit eyes, open mout...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Wood and Shell Inlay Scoop, Solomon Islands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Wood and Shell Scoop, Solomon Islands
A small scoop in the shape of a whale, with three rows of inlaid notched shell triangles and three circular shell eyes. Nice...
Category
Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Decorative Bowls
Materials
Shell, Wood
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Vessel, Moche Culture, Peru
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Vessel, Moche culture, Peru
A wonderful vessel from the Moche people in the shape of yam or yucca (manioc) root. A couple of the tips are abraded, but it's ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Tribal Drawings
Materials
Terracotta
Luba Kabeja Janus Double Figure with Skirt, ex Irwin Hersey DRC Congo, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Classic Luba Kabeja Janus Double Figure or fetish with Skirt fetish of darkened wood with polished and worn patina. Striking eyes, and both male and female figures shown with hands ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Songye Female Large Wood Kifwebe Mask with White, Black, Provenance, DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood large female Songye Kifwebe mask with classic white lines, blackened ridge down crest of forehead, nose and mouth. Worn holes around back edge of mask from attachment of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood