Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Honey-tan and glowing, with a rosy blot that has opinions about its borders.

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. Seen as a smooth oval in golden tan with a glossy shoulder and a few small dark specks. A large irregular pink-red patch spreads across the middle with a long tongue to the right, and a smaller spot sits above it. It is 12.5 inches high and 7 in diameter.

A map of some small, rosy country.