Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Olive-brass with a red-ringed, layered bullseye like a sliced agate.

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. A smooth oval on a black foot, tinted brass-olive and glossy near the shoulders. A long, irregular patch of concentric rings in maroon, rust and olive stretches down the front, topped by a small dark oval. A little red dot sits above. It is 8.75 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Concentric rings that somebody took very seriously.