Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Sandy tan with rusty branches creeping down like cracked lightning.

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. Long, softly polished oval in khaki-gray. Thin, stepped lines of brick red branch from the upper left and trail down the front, ending in forked tips. The contour has no corners anywhere. It is 11 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Drawn like a river on an old chart.