Ancient burial jars in Pogunon
The excavator 
Coins from the grave
Himpogot 
One of the jarThirteen ancient burial jars were unearthed from an old graveyard in front of the St Joseph Chapel in Kampung Pogunon, Penampang. From one of the broken jar, human bones and artifacts were found.
Coins dating back 1885, bangle and belt (himpogot) made from ancient coins were also found from the jar which was broken when hit by an excavator levelling the ground.
Joe Sulaiman, a villager, said he had seen a jar at shop in Kota Kinabalu similar to those found at the Kampung Pogunon graveyard which cost RM100,000 each.
He said elders in the village believed that those buried at the cemetery were their ancestors. The graveyard had also been gazetted as an ancient burial ground and is being looked after by the Sabah Museum.
Coins dating back 1885, bangle and belt (himpogot) made from ancient coins were also found from the jar which was broken when hit by an excavator levelling the ground.
Joe Sulaiman, a villager, said he had seen a jar at shop in Kota Kinabalu similar to those found at the Kampung Pogunon graveyard which cost RM100,000 each.
He said elders in the village believed that those buried at the cemetery were their ancestors. The graveyard had also been gazetted as an ancient burial ground and is being looked after by the Sabah Museum.
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