Malaysian Pottery & Labu Sayong

The gourd-shaped Labu Sayong water vessel from Kuala Kangsar, Perak — a black earthenware container whose particular clay composition is said to cool water naturally through evaporation — is one of Malaysia's most distinctive traditional craft forms. The Sayong pottery village near Kuala Kangsar is one of the few remaining communities where traditional Malaysian earthenware is still produced using hand-coiling and open-fire techniques.