Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Dusty peach with a maroon tulip unfolding on the lower front.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Dams planned along the Narmada since the 1940s have steadily removed the dry season that harvesting depends on, so gathering genuine lingams from the riverbed has become close to impossible. Elongated oval in soft tan-pink, matte at the top and slightly warmer below. A dark red shape with a curling tail and a stem-like line climbs from the base up the front, ending in a leaf-like tip. It is 8.75 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

A flower nobody planted, blooming where it pleased.