Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Slate-green and scratched like a well-used cutting board, with a red-brown smudge.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. In Tantric tradition the body of a lingam is taken to stand for male energy, described as knowledge, while its markings represent female energy, described as wisdom. Rounded oval in gray-green with fine, pale scratches and one long curved incised line near the left. A mottled patch of rust, olive and red sits at the lower center. The finish is soft and satiny. It is 12.25 inches high and 6.5 in diameter.

Wears its scars like it earned each one.