First People (Amerindians) -Postage Stamp Series

Four (4) stamps that represent the cultural aspects that have been adopted by the
indigenous people of Trinidad and Tobago.

The four that are chosen to represent our past will be their headgear, sometimes worn by the chief or the queen. This headwear is usually very colourful (inclusive of vibrant primary colours) that they have inherited from their ancestors who would design many craft items from whatever materials were available.
Their tools – A couple of their tools have been further developed over the years but were brilliant for their time period in getting tasks that required pounding or cutting objects. For example, their hammer and axe made of stone and wood.

Their rituals – One of the important aspects of the First People traditions which is still practiced today is their smoke ceremony. This ceremony is a sacred part of the culture where the tribe would make offerings of fruit, ground provisions, or flowers and such to their gods using herbs, as in a gesture of thanks and reverence to them. During these ceremonies, the oldest male in the tribe would blow the smoke in the dug out coconut or calabash in the face of other males participating in the ceremony.

Their food/ utensils – To highlight the tools used to prepare dishes, in this case, the mortar and pestle.
These two tools were used together and typically made of stone to help grind seasonings (dried or wet) that they would use in cooking or even in medicinal use.