Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Copper-brown and burnished, with red clouds scattered like spilled wine.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Brahmin villages along a short part of the river traditionally gathered lingams from shallow water in the dry season, then shaped and hand-polished them, sometimes for as long as a year. Smooth, plump ovoid in warm bronze brown with a quiet gloss. Several irregular maroon blobs cluster at the upper front, and small red flecks dot the lower body. Faint hairline scratches cross the surface. It is 12.5 inches high and 6.5 in diameter.

Calm overall, apart from a few red outbursts.