"Two photographs of Poline Bala (Balapalaba), Kelabit Dayak. Graduation, receiving Master's Degree from Cornell University. Dancing the ngadjat at a school gathering.

Born 5 June 1969 at Pa' Umor, Kelabit Highlands. Boarded at Bario Primary School from age 6, completed Form 3 at Bario Middle School. Attended High School in Miri and graduated in 1990. Attended University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur from 1991, graduated in 1994. Attended Universiti Kebangsaan in Kuala Lumpur for one year, studying toward a Master's Degree in Anthropology. Taught for one year in Kuching, Sarawak, at Unimas (University of Malaysia, Sarawak). Received her Master's Degree in Asian Studies in May 1998, her thesis presented and accepted in August 1998."