Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Rusty red speckle gathers down the front like weathered paint on a barn.

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. Rounded ovoid in brown and copper tones. A long vertical field of mottled red-brown runs down the center, rough-textured and flecked with darker dots, and olive-bronze fills the sides. Mounted on a black ring. It is 14.25 inches high and 7.25 in diameter.

Looks lived-in, and entirely at peace about it.