Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

A cream-colored egg with a red and gold window set into the crown.

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. Upright ovoid in pale buff and olive. An oval inset near the top blends deep red at the edge to speckled gold within, with a thin crusty rim on one side. A few small dark specks sit near the base. It is 12.5 inches high and 6.75 in diameter.

Pale and polite, with one flashy porthole.