Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Pale celadon cream, with a wine-red bird shape landing on the front.

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. Sturdy oval in greenish ivory with small pale pits and faint scratches. A dark red patch with a pointed tail and a thin dark line down its length sits at the center front. Small red spots appear at the top and bottom. It is 8.5 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Pale, polite, and scattered with a few red afterthoughts.