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Shire of Toodyay > Records

COW BELL

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Agriculture/horticulture

Overview

Large and complete homemade metal cowbell with punched marking.
Metal donga attached.

Historical information

Used to keep track of free-roaming cows, and to let others know the cow belongs to someone.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.453

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

16 cm

Height or length

17 cm

Depth

8.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Punched dots 6M to one side to bottom quarter/ middle

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Other

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photographic images CC BY 4.0 Phil Hart

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Photo by Phil Hart

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