Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Warm grey-beige, dipped at the base in a dark chocolate puddle.

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. Egg-shaped oval on a black disc in pale warm grey with a soft sheen. A dark maroon-brown patch rises from the base in a peaked, wavy outline. The upper body is smooth and uniform, with faint vertical highlights. It is 7.25 inches high and 4.25 in diameter.

Wading in the shallows, perfectly content.