This article has very little information. The Wikipedia article has more information <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigir_Idol" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigir_Idol</a> but the Russian article is more complete (autotranslation) <a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fru.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25D0%25A8%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB&edit-text=&act=url" rel="nofollow">https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr...</a><p>In the photos of Wikipedia, it doesn't look like an encrypted message or language, it looks like a decoration, but IANAA.
<i>"Even more mysteriously, it is covered in what experts describe as ‘encrypted code’ - a message from a lost civilisation."</i><p>Why should we believe that it's an "encrypted code" rather than just a long-forgotten language that we don't understand?