Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Glowing marmalade amber across the front, framed by slate gray edges.

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. Wide, rounded oval with a high polish. A saturated orange-gold field fills the face, brightening to pale cream in the center and bounded by thin red lines. Slate-gray margins curve around both sides. It is 14 inches high and 8 in diameter.

Hard to look cool next to that much sunshine.