Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Reddish brown and peeling in places, with a dark hole like a pinprick eye.

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. Dusky oval of reddish and gray tones with a rough, flaking surface. Long pale streaks run down the front, and a tiny dark pit with a glint sits at the center. It is 11.25 inches high and 6.5 in diameter.

Weathered enough to have stories, and one watching eye.