1791 W. Bartram 505 The tambour, rattle-gourd, and a kind of flute.
1840 W. Irving Seminoles in Oct. 341 Having a band of music with them, consisting of a drum, flutes, and a rattle-gourd.
1926 R. Karsten i. 36 Not only the weapons of the dead chiefs were laid in the grave with them, but also their maracas or rattle-gourds.
1998 (Nexis) 2 July 14 A tribal ritual formation, clanging cowbells, shaking rattle-gourds, striking skins aggressively.