Abstract
One can assume that the circumstances still prevailing at the beginning of our century in the interior of New Guinea and Papua and the adjacent islands conformed in many respects with the early stages of development of the people of South-East Asia. But whilst these, as well as the people of the Indonesian island world, went ahead through contact with different tribes pushing southwards from north and west, New Guinea and the Melanesian islands remained aloof and isolated from the main stream of happenings. Some of their habits and customs, however, were influenced by the developments in South-East Asia via Indonesia at an early state of their evolution. One of these was the growing importance of the Ancestor Memorial Cult.
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