Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Moss-gray body with scattered red patches, as if someone spilled paint and thought better of it.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Genuine Banalinga are generally described as forming in the currents of one short stretch of the Narmada River in central India, rather than being carved from stone or cast in bronze. The oval is smooth and mid-gray with a green cast. Irregular brick-red patches spread across the upper and middle front, thinning into flecks lower down. Two bright highlights sit at the shoulders, and faint dark lines show near the lower left. It is 9 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Messy in an organized, almost deliberate way.