Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Olive green and sandy brown, splattered with maroon like a painter's drop cloth.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. In Tantric tradition the body of a lingam is taken to stand for male energy, described as knowledge, while its markings represent female energy, described as wisdom. Hefty oval in muted green with a sandy lower front. Irregular maroon patches cluster in the middle, with smaller blots toward the base and top right. A few fine scratches cross the matte surface. It is 7.25 inches high and 4 in diameter.

Hastily painted, charmingly so, and entirely unrepentant.