Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Shadowy olive with a red brush stroke and a drip, as if signed in haste.

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. A smooth oval on a small black foot in dark green-brown with a satin sheen. A thick maroon dash slants across the upper left, and a thinner red line with a hooked foot curves down the right. Faint banding shows low on the body. It is 11 inches high and 6 in diameter.

A hurried signature, authentic in its sheer carelessness.