Our task is basically to find out what it is and how it is made and by whom. That will allow us to get into rapport with the creation and then possibly transform it or clean it up or something. You wouldn't start thinking of doing something like this unless something is non-optimum. So, don't go and take things apart that already work great. This is more if you run into some kind of construct that doesn't work, or doesn't seem to be doing anything useful, or that is in the way, or something.
First step is to roughly locate the creation in space-time.
Find out how wide an authorship there is to the creation. Then get some kind of perception of the creation. Get what it looks like, feels like, sounds like. In as much detail as is available. Get the person's thoughts about and responses to it.