Combining anthropomorphic and zoomorphic elements, it represents a spirit that goes up in the trees to watch over humans and has a power of metamorphosis. He can easily change into a snake (hence the snake skin that adorns the top of his forehead) while becoming a monkey again.
Despite its aggressive appearance, the strong protuberance of the forehead, the open ears, the wide nose with tusks under the nostrils and the triangular mouth make up a whole that masters the union of forms inspired by reality and those suggested by the imaginary.

Musée Barbier-Mueller. Photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.