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Luka Sebuah Negeri is book of poetry written by populer Professor of anthropology in Indonesia, M. Junus Melalatoa. It is actually the result of observations and field research of Prof. Junus as ethnographer during visiting many areas corner in Indonesia Archipelago which written aesthetically and cannot be presented in ethnography scientific report. This paper discusses the image of hinterland ethnic, especially Dayaknese in Kalimantan Island. It is aimed at investigating the ethnicity and cultural phenomenon of Dayaknese. This paper belongs to anthropology of literature research which uses ethnography and stylistics theory. The data of the research divided into two, the eight poems in Luka Sebuah Negeri as the primer data and the related ethnography texts as the secondary. The primer data is analyzed by stylistics theory in order to uncover the aesthetic values so those poems are legitimated to be labeled as literary work since they are truly different to ethnography text in common. This paper in addition is descriptive qualitative research. The result of discussion reveals those eight poems represent the way of life, traditions, rituals, and arts. The diction of local language is becoming strength in exploring the ethnicity and successful in constructing the readers- imagery of Dayaknese in maintaining identity toward modernity.