It seems too bad the snakeskin industry of today missed that bonanza of supply, and that science did not make a more general use of rattlesnake serum at that time.
"Land of the Burnt Thigh"
Edith Eudora Kohl
Here, there, and everywhere torches flashed out like falling stars, wild notes were blown on horns and shells, and above all arose the booming of the snakeskin drum which the priests upon the teocalli beat furiously.
"Montezuma's Daughter"
H. Rider Haggard
She had snakeskin shoes, a black hat.
"Love and Lucy"
Maurice Henry Hewlett