The Sna Jolobil museum is located next to the church in the main downtown market square in San Cristobal. It is free to the public.

There are many fine garments available to purchase.

Sna Jolobil means "The Weaver's House" in Tzotzil, a Mayan language; it is an organization made up of 800 weavers from 20 Tzotzil and Tzeltal speaking Indian communities in the Chiapas highlands. It is incorporated as a profit sharing "Sociedad Cival".

The main objective of Sna Jobobil is to preserve and revitalize Mayan art by encouraging its members to study and recreate ancient textiles, natuaral dying methods for wool and cotton, and ancestral weaving techniques.

Each piece is an original creation with it's own value, impregnated with the sensibility, wisdom and respect with which each artist composes the designs and symbols inherited from their elders.

Sna Jobobil is also a study center for the backstrap loom technique known as brocade, in which the designs are woven into the cloth itself.

Many of these brcaded designs survive from pre-colombian times; they portray the saints, gods, and animals who protect the growth of corn and fertility of the earth and symbolize the Mayan vision of the cosmos.

Women who devote their lives to brocade and achieve mastery of its complicated techniques and symbolism are greatly admired in their communities.