Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Black and brushed, with a silvery sheen like graphite rubbed by hand.

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. Broad, rounded oval in near-black with fine criss-cross grain in the surface. Two bright reflections sit on the upper face and the lower body softens into darkness. The contour reads as a single continuous curve. It is 15.5 inches high and 9.75 in diameter.

Brushed, buffed, and very sure of itself.