Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Matte shoulders, deep black color, and a plinth that looks a size too small.

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. Built as a broad oval tilted ever so slightly in its pose, with a domed top and tapered base. The finish is dusty black with two faint highlights at the shoulder. A short, dark cylindrical foot supports it. It is 13.25 inches high and 7.5 in diameter.

Modest in finish, generous in curve.