Y'all, it's just a cool thing, and a status symbol.

You're really going to tell me that a species that has/had things like decorative paper weights, necklaces, rings, statues, fidget spinners, funko pop figures, and little tiny versions of buildings you flew 8 hours to see for sale near the actual building isn't going to be the same one that in ancient times, was all over a little bronze thing that looks objectively cool once some metal worker figures out how to make one?

It's like none of you have ever met a human before. It doesn't have to do anything. That's the point.