Like other similar artifacts, it has been interpreted as being a device for making rope. Grooves around each hole would have held plant fibres in place. The existence of these tools at different locations indicates rope-making had already become an important human activity by the Upper Paleolithic age.
Like other similar objects, this one is believed to be used for making rope.  The grooves around each hole would have held plant fibers in place. The fact that these tools are found at different locations suggests that rope-making was already a significant activity during the Upper Paleolithic period.