Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Smoky grey with two twin highlights and a single red eyebrow.

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. An oval on a black disc in dark smoky grey. A short, horizontal red-and-green dash sits above the double highlight, and a tiny dark dot rests low on the right. Fine scratches grain the otherwise even surface. It is 17.5 inches high and 10.5 in diameter.

Inscrutable, arch-browed and entirely unbothered by the attention.