Cowbell
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A cowbell is a bell worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of an animal via the sound of the bell when the animal is grazing out of view in hilly landscapes or vast p
Goat with cowbell
The cowbells are different depending on the species, sex and age of animals. These are used in the Pyrenees area.
Ancient Southeast Asian cowbells.
Cowbell made in wood from Indonesia.
Bell
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A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that—when struck—vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient res
13th c. BC bell, Shang dynasty
Chinese bronze bell, 18th–16th century BCE
Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, dated 433 BCE
Early medieval folded-iron and brazed handbell from Britain