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
Woman's Back Ornament, Rwanda, early 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Woman’s Back Ornament, egbe
Mangbetu people
DR Congo
Early 20th century
Banana leaves and bark,, raffia embroidery
14” long (35.5 cm); 10.5” high (26.5 cm); 3” deep (7.5 cm)
The ...
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Vintage 1920s Rwandan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Bark Painting of One Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bark painting of One Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
A wonderful "x-ray" bark painting of one fish, probably Barrumundi. This is painted in a the traditional style and with the ...
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Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Paintings
Materials
Wood
Antique Burmese Red Lacquered Footed Offering Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Red Lacquered Footed Offering Bowl.
Crafted as a ribbed bamboo woven basket with 6 wooden feet, 12 vertical fins on the exterior and a layered tiered mouth rim all ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Folk Art Lacquer
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Vintage Northern Thai Reverse Glass Painting of a Golden Chedi and a White Rat
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Northern Thai Reverse Glass Painting of a Golden Buddhist Chedi and a White Rat. Attributed to Khun Sujai, one of the last remaining artists to have made reverse glass painti...
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Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Antique Vietnamese Shell Inlaid Tea Tray
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Vietnamese Shell Inlaid Tea Tray (Khay, go kham trai) a rectangular raised footed tray having four kneeling legs connected with bottom elbowed stretchers. The legs, skirt, interior and railing all decorated on the exterior surface with inset shaped mother-of-pearl shell pieces in subtle shimmering hues of flora and fauna motifs with Chinese key fret and flora vignettes with butterflies and birds. The galleried and footed tray crafted entirely of rosewood with mortise and tenon joinery.
Minor inset shell losses, evidence of previous cracks, restored condition.
Measuring: 4 in. high x 12.25 in. wide x 7.5 in. deep. (102 x 312 x 190mm)
Weight 1 lb. 12.1 oz. (797g.)
Nguyen Dynasty, 19th - 20th Century.
Provenance:
Copper Red, Bangkok
L’Asie Exotique, Palm Springs, CA
For similar examples see:
Co Vat Viet Nam: Vietnamese Antiques...
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Early 20th Century Vietnamese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Small Antique Thai Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Offering Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small Antique Thai Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Offering Bowl. The traditional craft of Pradup Mook is made from small pieces of inlaid Mother of Pearl imbedded into a base of black lacque...
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Early 20th Century Thai Other Lacquer
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Vintage Japanese Hinoki (Cypress ) Country Bench, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Hinoki (Cypress) Wood Bench
Handmade mid 20th century hinoki benches like this one were primarily used for outdoor seating in spaces such as gardens or outdoor onsen baths...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cypress
Antique Burmese Life-size Standing Buddha Statue, Mandalay Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Life-size Standing Buddha Statue, Mandalay Period (1857-1885). This Mandalay Buddha figure is intricately carved of assembled teak and stands squarely with rendered b...
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Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pre-Columbian Seated Couple, Ceramic, Jalisco, West Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Seated couple, Jalisco, West Coast Mexico
A domestic couple, with the man sitting cross-legged, holding a bowl that may have had a stick placed in the opening at the top, which appe...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Tribal Art
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Bronze Buddha, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th Century Bronze Buddha, Burma
This Buddha is seated on an hourglass-shaped pedestal, his legs in the lotus posture (padmasana); his han...
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Antique 19th Century Burmese Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Aniconic Stone Weight, Bactrian Culture, Central Asia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Aniconic stone weight, Bactria, Central Asia or Asia Minor
These egg-shaped marble sculptures are mysterious in function, thought variously to be counter-weights or perhaps ritual i...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central Asian Minimalist Sculptures and...
Materials
Stone
Aniconic Stone Column, Bactrian Culture, Central Asia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Aniconic variegated stone column, Bactria, Central Asia or Asia Minor
This is a classic columnar stone piece from the ancient culture referred to as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeologi...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central Asian Minimalist Sculptures and...
Materials
Stone
