Wooden Cowbell, Eastern newest India

In Eastern India, shepherds used to often leave nearby hilly areas. Hills used to be natural grazing areas. So cows used to instinctively wander over huge areas. And thus to keep track of where newest a cow has gone, Shepherds used to place a Bell in cow's neck. This bell used to make noise as and when cow moved.

Perhaps nothing more traditional can be found than finding the instruments actually used by the locals in their daily work, made indigenously by such small groups of people. Because of cheap manufacturing and louder rural communities the wooden bells have become a thing of the past.