Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Gray-white and domed, with a tidy red lid and a faint seam below it.

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. Shaped like a plump egg shape in pale gray with a fine pitted surface. A dark red cap sits flat across the top, a thin hairline crack runs around the upper body, and a small brown oval stain marks the lower half. It is 8.5 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Neat cap, honest crack, no apologies.