Pogunon Community Museum

Pogunon Community Museum (Malay: Muzium Komuniti Pogunon) is a museum located at Pogunon Village in Penampang District of Sabah, Malaysia.[1]

Pogunon Community Museum
Muzium Komuniti Pogunon
Established2004 (2004)
LocationPenampang District, Sabah
Coordinates5°54′48″N 116°08′42″E
TypeMuseum
OwnerSabah Museum

History

During the construction of a village kindergarten building in Pogunon in 2000, several ancient artefacts comprising three whole jars, pieces of four jars of blue and white plates including bowls were accidentally unearthed.[1][2] Inside the three jars were human remains with ceramics found in the site were originated from China and made between the 16th to 19th centuries.[1] A further thirteen ancient burial jars were also unearthed from an old graveyard in front of a St Joseph Chapel in the same village.[2] One of the broken jars consisted of human bones and various artefacts such as coins dating back to 1885, a bangle and belt made from ancient silver coins were also found in the jar which however was broken by an excavator during the discovery. The area with stone markers (megaliths) is located in the front site of the recent museum which established in 2004.[2][3]

Features

Three large pots with human skeletal remains are being showcased inside the museum to visitors. Several other potteries discovered on Pogunon were kept by Sabah Museum due to size constraints at the community museum.[3]

  • Decoration at the entrance of the museum.
    Decoration at the entrance of the museum.
  • Inside the museum.
    Inside the museum.
  • Human remains found in the jars.
    Human remains found in the jars.
  • Stone megaliths in front of the museum.
    Stone megaliths in front of the museum.

See also

References
  1. "Pogunon Community Museum, Penampang". Sabah Museum. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "Pogunon – Ancient Dusun graveyard". New Sabah Times. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. Jenne Lajiun (1 July 2016). "Many Penampang tourism products not promoted". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019. One of such attractions is the community museum at Kampung Pogunon, an old burial ground dating back to the Qing dynasty. This is based on the large potteries containing skeletons which were unearthed while constructing a school at the site. Three large pots and the skeletal remains are now being showcased at the small museum at the village. The person in charge of the museum, James Dingon, explained that the museum was built in 2004 while the burial ground was gazetted in 2000 following the discovery.
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