Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Deep brick red and glassy, with a hairline crack curving across the top.

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. Lofty, narrow oval with a high gloss in a rich red-brown. A fine crack arcs near the crown, and a soft pale mottling rises on the right. The form stays soft and regular throughout. It is 8.5 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

Well polished and wearing one thin crack.