1 published discovery from Malaysia — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Malaysia, a famous historical find. It is filed under artefacts. It is the Bidor Avalokiteshvara, made between the 7th and 12th centuries AD.
The law: In Malaysia, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In 1936 miners working a tin mine at Bidor in Perak, Malaysia, uncovered a bronze statue of the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with eight arms, 93 cm tall and weighing 63 kg. Made between the 7th and 12th centuries, it is now in the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur.
