ma·got 
(mă-gō, măgət)
(mă-gō, măgət)n.
1. See Barbary ape.
2. A fanciful, often grotesque figurine in the Japanese or Chinese style rendered in a seated position.
[French, from Old French magos, a kind of monkey, from Magog, Magos, Magog, name of biblical land (Ezekiel 38-39) and tribe (Revelation 20:8-9), used as an emblem of ugliness in medieval romances.]