INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY PUBLICATION No. 4 PLATE 37 
SAN SEBASTIAN COATAN AND THE WEAVING OF SHAGGY WOOL RUGS (PEYONES) 
a, Home and surroundings of one of three related families of weavers, above San Sebastian Coatan, ‘at about 2,600 m. elevation in 
the Cuchumatanes Mountains. 6, Spinning and weaving beside the house at left in a. c, Summit (2,800 m.) meadow and forest 
of pine and cedar shrouded in fog, and five wooden crosses over a wayfarers’ shrine (right), between Santa Hulalia and San Sebastian 
Coatan. d, Close-up of weaver twisting weft loops in bunches to be cut later, leaving loose ends 3 to + inches long. e, Pulling 
weft thread through the loom. 
(For explanation, see p. 174.) 
