Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Chestnut brown with a hairline ring around its crown.

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. Smooth, upright oval in deep brown with a glossy upper body. A fine pale line circles the top, and the lower half carries a dry, finely pitted texture. The outline swells gently through the middle. It is 8.25 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

A thin line drawn with great restraint.