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Very little is known about the exact use of this carved bar or the meaning of its motifs. It may have been used as a bird perch or snare, fishing rod, or an element at the end of a latrine seat. The bar is covered in intricate curvilinear designs and features a humanlike face with facial tattoo carvings and inlaid eyes. There are slots carved for the possible attachment of other objects. If the bar was used as a perch-style snare, decoys would have been attached at these slots. Snares were placed in a tree to attract birds, while the trapper waited, eventually pulling a cord that would trap a bird on the bar.