Eva Perón Museum of Handicraft

Cultural Center San Martín 354
Tel. 0875-21263 Open Mondays through Fridays from 7 to 1p.m. and from 3 to 9p.m.

This museum was inaugurated in 1991 an harbors a collection of animals of the local fauna of the department of San Martín and Saltas Chaco region, as well as handicraft produced by the Mataco and Chané aboriginal groups. Amongst the stuffed animals, there are condors, eagles, mountain cats, falcons, anteaters, vipers, rattlesnakes and porcupines. Handicraft include ritual masks made of palo borracho wood, wickerwork, armchairs, vessels, containers for yerba mate and tapestries woven with sheep´s wool There are also pieces carved in lignum vitae wood such as mates (gourds used for drinking the infusion also known as mate), eggs, plates, religious images and fossils. Also on display in the museum are fossil remains, funerary urns, millenary rocks and a variety of musical instruments.

Tartagal
This town is located 365km. away from the city of Salta on national route No. 34 and distant only 35km. from the frontier with Bolivia. There are many native communities in this area.