Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Mottled bronze and ash, as if smoke had drifted over a copper pot.

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. An oval on a black disc, grey-white at the sides and shoulders with a coppery red-brown mass covering most of the front. Torn-edged patches and scattered dots reach up toward the crown. The skin is smooth and softly lit. It is 7.75 inches high and 3.75 in diameter.

Weathered in the way that suits sensible old things.