Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Light gray oval with a dark red hat, a smoky smudge, and a red toe.

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. Seen as a round-shouldered form in cool light gray with a lightly pitted surface. A dark red cap sits at the top, a cloudy gray-green patch smudges the lower left, and a narrow red band marks the base. It is 8 inches high and 5 in diameter.

A smudge on one side, composure on the rest.