Amulet in the Shape of a Club

Medium: Stone

Geograhical Locations:

Dimensions: 1 7/8 x 3/4 in. (4.8 x 1.9 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 2021.1.116

Catalogue Description:
Oblong, oval gray stone, larger at one rounded end, with a tenon at the opposite end where it may have been inserted into a mortise. Likely a miniature lingam, the phallic emblem of Shiva, which would have been slotted into a yoni-shaped altar.

Brooklyn Museum