The earliest type animal bell used was the crotal or sleigh bell. Rather than a round ball as we know it today, it was a birdcage style with pebble rolling around inside.
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Crotal
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The tumuli of most of these people have yielded bells, of both the crotal and swinging-clapper varieties.
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