Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Sandy gray, with a scatter of red spray along a thin crack.

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. Built as a broad, softly rounded oval in pale putty with a fine pitted finish. A thin fracture line runs around the shoulder, spotted with rust red that sprays down on the left. It is 8.5 inches high and 5.25 in diameter.

Flecked with red, but otherwise unbothered.