Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Tall, maroon, and dramatic, with a pale cape slipping off one shoulder.

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. Long upright oval whose lower body gleams a deep oxblood red. Pale cream breaks across the top and down the sides in ragged lobes, with dark pitting where the red begins. It is 15 inches high and 8 in diameter.

A flair for the theatrical, in just two shades.