Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Terracotta and tan with a faint green sprig drawn on the shoulder, easy and warm.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Genuine Banalinga are generally described as forming in the currents of one short stretch of the Narmada River in central India, rather than being carved from stone or cast in bronze. Seen head on, it is a compact, softly tapered oval in blended orange-brown and sand. Thin pale green lines wander across the upper curve like the veins of a leaf. The surface has a smooth, quiet gloss and a gently dusty lower half. It is 9 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

Garden-party colors from a very unlikely gardener.