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
An Exceptionally Large Vintage Naruko Kokeshi by Hatsuki Sugawara
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An Exceptionally Large Vintage Naruko Kokeshi by Hatsuki Sugawara. The tall figure is composed of a slightly tapered cylindrical body with a rounded shoulder, a large head and an unu...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Offering vessel, Hsun Ok, Burma, Late 19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offering vessel, Hsun Ok, Burma, Late 19th Century
A large ceremonial offering vessel used to carry food to present to the monks at temple. It is embellished with thayo (molded lacq...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer, Wood
Offering Tray, Kalat, Burma/Thailand, Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century Offering tray, Kalat, Burma/Thailand
This large lacquered offering tray from Burma or Thailand is called a kalat (also known as daung-lan) and was us...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Vanuatu Carved Wood Tam-Tam Slit Drum Finial, Ambrym Island
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vanuatu Carved Wood Tam-Tam Slit Drum Finial, Ambrym Island.
An ancestral figure “Atingting kon” carving from a single log of the breadfruit tree mounted on a later black lacquered ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Vanuatuan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Six (6) Dawers Peddler's Japanese Tansu, Edo Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Merchants in ancient Japan carried, stored and displayed their wares in multi-drawer tansu. They are usually in pairs so they can comfortably hoist them with a help of a bamboo pole...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Double Doors Ten (10) Drawers Japanese Peddler's Tansu, Edo Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Double Doors Ten (10) Drawers Japanese Peddler's Tansu, Edo Period.
Top door has five drawers within and the bottom door has five drawers within as well. The top of the t...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Dentist Apothecary Box, Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This antique wooden dentist's cabinet has multiple tiers with circular holes for holding apothecary vials or bottles, and square holes for holding dental instruments, along with lowe...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Kuba Shoowa Textile Collection 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A collection of 13 Shoowa Prestige Cloths (called mbwiin in Kuba language)
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embr...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
44x 21 ins. (112 x 53.5 cm)
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embroidery
22.5 x 20.5 inches (52 x 52 cm)
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
49 x 23 ins. (124.5 x 58.5 cm)
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Old Dayak Metal Figural Hat Front Panel, Borneo, Indonesia, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Dayak metal figural hat front panel or frontlet, Borneo, Indonesia. Copper alloy.
Early 20th century
4 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 inches, on stand about 6 1/2 inches
ex- private collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
An Exceptionally Large Vintage Naruko Kokeshi by Hatsuki Sugawara
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An Exceptionally Large Vintage Naruko Kokeshi by Hatsuki Sugawara. The tall figure is composed of a slightly tapered cylindrical body with a rounded shoulder, a large head and an unu...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Offering vessel, Hsun Ok, Burma, Late 19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offering vessel, Hsun Ok, Burma, Late 19th Century
A large ceremonial offering vessel used to carry food to present to the monks at temple. It is embellished with thayo (molded lacq...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer, Wood
Offering Tray, Kalat, Burma/Thailand, Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century Offering tray, Kalat, Burma/Thailand
This large lacquered offering tray from Burma or Thailand is called a kalat (also known as daung-lan) and was us...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Vanuatu Carved Wood Tam-Tam Slit Drum Finial, Ambrym Island
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vanuatu Carved Wood Tam-Tam Slit Drum Finial, Ambrym Island.
An ancestral figure “Atingting kon” carving from a single log of the breadfruit tree mounted on a later black lacquered ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Vanuatuan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Six (6) Dawers Peddler's Japanese Tansu, Edo Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Merchants in ancient Japan carried, stored and displayed their wares in multi-drawer tansu. They are usually in pairs so they can comfortably hoist them with a help of a bamboo pole...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Double Doors Ten (10) Drawers Japanese Peddler's Tansu, Edo Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Double Doors Ten (10) Drawers Japanese Peddler's Tansu, Edo Period.
Top door has five drawers within and the bottom door has five drawers within as well. The top of the t...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Dentist Apothecary Box, Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This antique wooden dentist's cabinet has multiple tiers with circular holes for holding apothecary vials or bottles, and square holes for holding dental instruments, along with lowe...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Kuba Shoowa Textile Collection 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A collection of 13 Shoowa Prestige Cloths (called mbwiin in Kuba language)
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embr...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
44x 21 ins. (112 x 53.5 cm)
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Kuba Shoowa Textile 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Shoowa Prestige Cloth
Kuba Shoowa peoples
DR Congo, Kasai Region
Raffia palm fiber, natural dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embroidery
22.5 x 20.5 inches (52 x 52 cm)
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
49 x 23 ins. (124.5 x 58.5 cm)
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Old Dayak Metal Figural Hat Front Panel, Borneo, Indonesia, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Dayak metal figural hat front panel or frontlet, Borneo, Indonesia. Copper alloy.
Early 20th century
4 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 inches, on stand about 6 1/2 inches
ex- private collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Metal