Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Plum-brown and glossy, with a small cracked patch like a healed scar.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Dams planned along the Narmada since the 1940s have steadily removed the dry season that harvesting depends on, so gathering genuine lingams from the riverbed has become close to impossible. Standing as a compact, plump oval in deep aubergine with a mirror-like polish. A thin pale crack and a darker, slightly sunken patch sit just above the middle of the face. It is 7 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

Smooth enough to see the window reflected.