Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Cool and swirled on top, with an amber panel framed in wine red.

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. Sturdy oval on a black base. The pale grey-cream upper body carries faint swirling lines. A large mustard-orange panel with fine looped veining fills the lower front, bordered in deep maroon with a pointed upper edge. It is 7.5 inches high and 4.25 in diameter.

Framed like a painting, and quietly pleased about it.