# Lupona (royal seat)

- By: Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master" (ca. 1810-1870, Kateba region, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Date: ca. 1840–1870
- Medium: Wood, metal studs
- Classification: Wood-Furniture
- Dimensions: H. 24 × W. 11 × D. 11 in. (61 × 27.9 × 27.9 cm)
- Culture: Luba or Hemba peoples
- Credit line: Purchase, Buckeye Trust and Charles B. Benenson Gifts, Rogers Fund and funds from various donors, 1979
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314034)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/DT1244.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)