Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Dark green and glittery, with a rust-pink blush on the right.

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. Heavy oval with a glossy, finely speckled surface in deep green and black. Reddish mottling spreads across the shoulders and a larger rosy patch sits on the lower right. The body swells gently through the middle. It is 10 inches high and 5.75 in diameter.

Sparkling quietly, in its own sober way.