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| COUNTRY | REGION, GROUP | TYPE A number | TYPE B number | TYPE C number | TYPE D number | USE
| Bangladesh
| common? | - | XX | - | - | unknown
| Burma
| common? | XX | - | - | XX | animal bell, musical instruments
| China
| N.E., various places | XXX | - | - | - | amulets?, workshop in Peking
| India
| Uttar Pradesh | - | - | XXXX | - | workshops in Dehradun, Rajpur
| ,, | Nagaland | XXX | - | - | - | amulets
| Indonesia
| East Kalimantan | XXXX | - | - | - | amulets, shamanism
| ,, | Toraja | XX | - | - | - | amulets
| ,, | Timor | XX | - | - | - | dance wand, horsebells
| ,, | Sumba | X | - | - | - | horsebells
| ,, | Java, Bali | X | - | - | - | horsebell
| ,, | Minangkabau | XX | - | - | - | bells for cats
| ,, | Toba Batak | X | - | - | - | dance bells
| COUNTRY | REGION/GROUP
| TYPE A
| TYPE B
| TYPE C
| TYPE D
| USE
| Inner Mongolia
| common? | XX | X | - | - | shamanism
| Laos
| Haw | - | XX | - | XX | horsebells
| Malaysia
| Iban, Bidayu | XXXX | - | - | - | amulets, shamanism
| ,, | Kelantan
| X | - | - | - | amulet on wayang puppet
| Nepal
| common | X | X | XXXX | - | shamanism, animal bells
| Outer Mongolia
| Solon, a.o. | XXXX | - | - | - | shamanism
| Pakistan
| Hazara? | X | - | - | - | musical instruments
| COUNTRY | REGION/GROUP
| TYPE A
| TYPE B
| TYPE C
| TYPE D
| USE
| Philippines
| Mangyan | X | - | - | - | amulet
| ,, | S.E. Mindanao | XXXX | - | - | - | amulets, dance bells
| ,, | Palawan, Muslim south
| X | - | - | - | amulet, feast, war, money
| Siberia
| Ewenk, Nanaj | XXXX | - | - | - | shamanism
| Singapore
| common | XX | - | - | - | amulets
| Taiwan
| Ami | XXX | - | - | - | musical instrument, dance bells
| Thailand
| common | - | XXXX | - | - | unknown
| ,, | Chang mai region | XX | XX | - | - | animal bells
| Tibet
| common | XX | XXXX | X | - | prayer mill, dog's bell, yak bells
| Vietnam
| Fou | - | - | - | X | horse bells
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Legend: XXXX=many, XXX=several, XX=few, X=very few
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