Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Concentric rings spread across its belly like ripples in a pond.

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. Faint circular lines ring out from the center of the face in widening oval bands, giving the whole surface a quiet fingerprint look. A slender oval in muted gray-green with a satin finish. It is 10 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

A fingerprint on a grand scale, left by patience.