Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Grey-green, with a red crown band and a few fine lines like old cracks.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. The word Tantric is Sanskrit for to expand, and Tantra is described as a form of religious practice combining ritual, art, science and philosophy, overlaid on Hinduism and Buddhism. Wide oval in muted grey-green. A ragged maroon band sits near the top, and thin brown lines branch across the middle and lower left. Fine scratches cover the matte surface, and a small dark mark rests at the base. It is 12.75 inches high and 7.75 in diameter.

Looks like a worn map of roads leading nowhere in particular.