Another major addition to my collection of "Giant Hands Around The World".
90 new hands are being added in this update. With this update 437+ hands are in the collection now. These newly found hands are listed below;
- Giant Hand at Giza Pyramid, Giza, Egypt.
- Hands Monument, Libreville, Gabon.
- Hand Holding Map of Somaliland, Independence Monument, Hargeysa, Somalia.
- Giant "Buddha's Hand" Supporting Pedestrian Bridge, Youxi, Sanming, Fujian, China.
- Buddha's Hand, Xiandao Lake Scenic Spot, Yangxin County, Hubei, China.
- Gigantic Palm on Ground, Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
- Buddha's Hand, Gulong Xiayuan Ecology Tourist Zone, Qingyuan, China.
- Giant Hand Holding a Globe, Oriental Land Theme Park, Quingpu, Shanghai, China.
- Huge Thumbs Up, Rushan, Weihai, China.
- Hand Holding Golden Snail, Legend's Park, Cipayung, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Giant Hand made of Twigs, Hutan Pinus Pengger, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.
- Giant Hand made of Twigs, Nipi Lima, Wanokaka, Sumba Island, Indonesia.
- Red Hands on Poles, Brijand, Iran.
- Hand Holding Dandelion in the Park, Isfahan, Iran.
- Giant Hand Holding a Broken Column, Baghdad, Iraq.
- Giant Hand Clutching a Stone, Yavne'el, Israel.
- White Hands, Yavne'el, Israel.
- Pair of Hands in A Fountain, Heiwa dori Shopping Street, Asahikawa, Japan.
- Giant Hands at Ne-no-gongen Budhist Temple, Minami, Hanno, Saitama, Japan.
- Permanent Handshake, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park, Macau.
- Two Pair of Giant Hands, Legend's Park, Langkawi, Malaysia.
- Hand Shaped Chairs, Hilltop 360 View Park, Carmen, Bohol, Philippines.
- Supplication Sculpture, (Praying Hands), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Giant Hands Holding a Big Camera, Vintage Camera Museum, Singapore.
- Giant Hand, Busan Museum of Arts, Busan, South Korea.
- Arm Resting on Head, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Gyeonggi_do, South Korea.
- Arm Resting on Stone, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Gyeonggi_do, South Korea.
- Robotic Hands, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Gyeonggi_do, South Korea.
- Hand Gripping A Stone, Baemikkumi Garden Beach Art, Ongjin-gun, Incheon, South Korea.
- Pair of Hands, Baemikkumi Garden Beach Art, Ongjin-gun, Incheon, South Korea.
- Two Hands, Banqiao District office, New Taipei, Taiwan.
- Giant's Hands, Heping District, Taichung City, Taiwan.
- Rabia Monument, Düzce, Turkey.
- Hands Supporting Trees, Jardins de Juberri, Andorra.
- Two Pairs of Clasped Hands, Jardins de Juberri, Andorra.
- Pair of Hands on the Wall, Viktor-Christ-Gasse 18, Margareten, Vienna, Austria.
- Hand Shaped Maze, Swarovski Park, Watten, Austria.
- Wooden Fist, Kadrina, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.
- Sinking Hand, Võru, Estonia.
- Wooden Hand, German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, Germany.
- Two hands, Diespeck, Germany.
- Hands of Friendship, Market Square, Cavan, Ireland.
- The Healing Hands, Inns Quay, Dublin, Ireland.
- Wishing hand, Dublin, Ireland.
- Hands Protecting a Dog named Dzok, Krakow, Poland.
- Dove of Peace Monument, Armavir, Russia.
- Giant Hand, Muzeon Park of Arts, Moscow, Russia.
- Monument to the Beslan School Dead, Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
- Hand Shake, Novorossiysk, Russia.
- Hand Crushing Bombs, Perm, Russia.
- Hand at Balka Smerti, Novobessergenevka village, Rostov Oblast, Russia.
- Hand of the Creator, State Museum of Urban Sculpture, St Petersburg, Russia.
- Teachers Monument, St Petersburg, Russia.
- Homage to Ibizan Hound, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.
- Praying hands, Rota, Cádiz, Spain.
- Spanish Flag on A Palm, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain.
- Hand Holding an Autopsy Stone, El Boalo, Madrid, Spain.
- Hand Holding A Spinning Top, La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
- The Hands That Carried The Iron, River front, Arboga, Sweden.
- La Mano memorial, Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Hand Resting on a Stone, Oxford Park Community Sports Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK.
- Hand of the River God, Baltic Wharf, Bristol, UK.
- Closed Fist, Stow Shopping Centre, Harlow, Essex, UK.
- Future in Hand, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, UK.
- Hand With Red Nail Polish, Manor Gardens, Lynmouth, UK.
- Hands of Friendship, Churchill, North Somerset, UK.
- Giant Hand of Vyrnwy, Lake Vyrnwy Estate, Powys Wales, UK.
- Giant Hand, Gregynog Hall, Tregynon, Powys, Wales, UK.
- Hand Signs, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, UK.
- Multi-coloured Hands in a Giant Hand, Broadfield Park, Sheffield, UK.
- Hand with Chronos, Railway Station, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
- In Perspective by Lorenzo Quinn, Donetsk, Ukraine.
- Hand monument to the Liquidators of the Chernobyl Disaster, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.
- Hand Holding a Giant Cowboy Hat, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada.
- Ascension, Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada.
- Ascension, St. Lawrence College, Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
- Touching Hands at Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children, Birmingham, AL, USA.
- Giant Hands with Holes, Joshua Tree, CA, USA.
- Giant Hand, Golden 1 Centre, Sacramento, CA, USA.
- Five Hands, Overland Park, KS, USA.
- Wings of the Morning, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
- Wings of the Morning, Saginaw Valley State University, MI, USA.
- Youth in the Hands of God, Saginaw Valley State University, MI, USA.
- Communion, Hastings College, Hastings, NE, USA.
- Hands Holding Bronze Sphere, Pascack Valley Medical Center, Westwood, NJ, USA.
- The Hand of Friendship, La Luz de Amistad Park, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
- Giant Plucking Hand Mural, 9 E 59th Street, New York, NY, USA.
- Giant Hands at Oregon School for the Deaf, Salem, OR, USA.
- Wings of the Morning, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC, USA.
- Monumento La Mano, Curanilahue, Chile.
Giant Hand at Giza Pyramid, Egypt
The artwork by French artist JR: is part of the "Forever Is Now" exhibition consisting of of large-scale artworks installed along the trail leading up to Wonders of the World. Made of steel-and-mesh the sculpture depicts a giant hand holding a postcard of the pyramid. When viewed from the front of the hand, it creates an illusion as if the top of the pyramid has broken from it and is levitating above it.
Image source: Google Street View
Source of info: news.artnet.com
Hands Monument, Libreville, Gabon, Africa
Located at the traffic island at the intersection of Triumph Boulevard with Ave, Jean Paul II, the monument depicts two hands protecting a candle flame.
Image from Google Maps is by
Christophe
Kuster
Hand Holding Map of Somaliland, Independence Monument, Hargeysa, Somalia
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Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Vladimir
Lysenko (I.)
Google Street View (Not good quality).
Giant "Buddha's hand" Supporting Pedestrian Bridge, Youxi, Sanming, Fujian, China
Located at an elevation of 1000 meter, near the Guxi Xinghe Leisure Tourism Resort, Guxi Youxi, Sanming, Fujian, China is huge hand of Buddha supporting a 99 metres long rainbow coloured pedestrian bridge. The white jade hand is 19 metres high. As per chinanews.com it is China's first hanging rainbow fairy hand bridge.
Image from Google Maps is by
Bambang
Priyo Cahyono
Image from Google Maps is by
Albert
ItBoon Lim
Google Maps - Likely location based on trip.com
This image seems to confirm the location given above.
Source of info: trip.com / chinanews.com
"Buddha's Hand", Xiandao Lake Scenic Spot , Yangxin County, Huangshi, Hubei, China
Another gigantic hand of Buddha overlooking the Xiandao Lake. Like other such hands it is also very popular photo shoot spot.
Credits: The location of this hand has been found by combined efforts of several members of the Google Earth Community Forums.
Gigantic Palm on Ground, Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China
A gigantic "Buddha's palm" on the grassland near Erenhot city in Inner Mongolia. As per measurement in Google Earth the artwork measures about 198 metres from the tip of middle finger to the end of palm and about 190 metres from the outer edge of thumb to the outer edge of little finger. It occupies an area of about 40,000 square meter, almost equivalent to six football fields.
Not much information is available about this artwork or its creator is available. Although it was first reported by chinadaily.com on 22nd August 2018 it can be seen in the Google Earth imagery of 25th May 2016.
Image Source: Google Maps
"Buddha's Hand", Gulong Xiayuan Ecology Tourist Zone, Qingyuan, China
Stairs leading to a gigantic hand of Buddha overlooking the Qingyuan Gulong Gorge. Such designs are very popular photo shoot spots in Far East, China, Philippines etc.
Image from Google Maps is by
吉达星
A nice view of few photo shoots can be seen in following YouTube.
Google Map Exact location of the hand couldn't be located in the Gulong Xiayuan Ecology Tourist Zone.
Giant Hand Holding a Globe, Oriental Land Theme Park, Quingpu, Shanghai, China
Not sure whether wire sculpture is a big globe or a giant ball. Nearby there is also a big head wire sculpture.
Image from Google Maps is by
Dieter
Quitt
Huge Thumbs Up, Rushan, Weihai, China
The area is known as Thumb Plaza.
Image from Google Maps is by
蒋滨
Google Maps (Not yet visible in Google Street View).
Hand Holding Golden Snail, Legend's Park, Cipayung, Jakarta, Indonesia
A giant hand with a feminine figure (Dewi Sekartaji) and a golden snail supported on the forefinger. As per local legend she was converted into a snail by the gods.
Image from
Flickr is by
baka_neko_baka
Google Maps (Location based on Wikimapia).
Source of info: skyscrapercity.com
Giant Hand made of Twigs, Hutan Pinus Pengger, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Hutan Pinus Pengger is an open-air tourist attraction in the Pinus Pengger pine forest setting with photo backdrops platforms made from natural materials. One such spot is huge hand made of twigs with wooden stairs and platform. Such hands are quite popular in Far East countries.
Image from Google Maps is by
Nunuk Tri
Hapsari
Giant Hand made of Twigs, Nipi Lima, Wanokaka, Sumba Island, Indonesia
Another giant wishing hand shaped platform overlooking the vast jungle and ocean below.
Image from Google Maps is by
Hesti
Adarani
Google Maps (Likely location as it is not visible in Google Street View.)
Source: NIHI Sumba Retreat's Facebook
Red Hands on Poles, Brijand, Iran
Located at the Imam Hussain Roundabout in the backdrop of a pillar which reportedly has the largest engraved Arabic test.
Hand or Palm on a standard known as Panja (meaning 5) is an important symbol in the Shiite world including Iran. "It represents the five infallible (1) Prophet Muhammad, his daughter (2) Bibi Fatima, her husband (3) Imam Ali and their sons (4) Imam Hasan and (5) Imam Hussain".
Image from Mehr News Agency
is by Mohsen Noferesti.
Image Source: Google Street View
Source of info: Museum of Passion #4 / Mehr News Agency
Hand Holding Dandelion in the Park, Isfahan, Iran
Located near the famous Khajoo Bridge, Isfahan.
Image from Google Maps is by
Alexander
Dimitrov
Giant hand holding a Broken Column, Baghdad, Iraq
Titled "Save Iraqi Culture", the monument was created by Iraqi sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat.
Image from Google Maps is by
Ghaith
Ahmed
Giant Hand Clutching a Stone, Yavne'el, Israel
Image from Google Maps is by
Shimon
Drory
White Hands, Yavne'el, Israel
.jpg/500px-Hands_-_panoramio_(1).jpg)
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Shimon Drory Art Gallery. It was originally posted in now defunct Panoramio.
Pair of Hands in A Fountain, Heiwa dōri Shopping Street, Asahikawa, Japan
Image from Google Maps is by
Hsu-Yao
Hsiung
Giant Hands at Ne-no-gongen Budhist Temple, Minami, Hanno, Saitama, Japan
Image from Google Maps is by
本田和明
Permanent Handshake, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park, Macau
An artwork by Chinese sculptor Lau Kuai Peng. Entitled "Permanent Handshake", it reportedly symbolises the union of East and West and represents the friendship between Portugal and China.
Image from Google Maps is by
Louis Ng
Source of info: theculturetrip.com
Two Pair of Giant Hands, Legend's Park Langkawi, Malaysia
Sculpture representing legendry warring giants, Mat Cincang & Mat Raya who transformed into the island's 2 tallest mountains.
Image from Google Maps is by
Tomáš Morc
Source of info: foreverbreak.com
Hand Shaped Chairs, Hilltop 360 View Park, Carmen, Bohol, Philippines
Image from Google Maps is by
Alex V
Supplication Sculpture, (Praying Hands), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah has many sculptures, mostly religious, at its roundabouts. One such sculpture shows praying hands with Quranic text inscribed on its pedestal. The text which is from chapter 20 verse 25-26, are Moses words which reads in English "O my Lord! Expand me my breast; Ease my task for me".
Image from Google Maps is by
حسين أحمد
.
Giant Hands Holding a Big Camera, Vintage Camera Museum, Singapore
Image from Google Maps is by
Serge
V.Bobrov
Giant Hand, Busan Museum of Arts, Busan, South Korea
Image from Google Maps is by
Christie
Halstead Joo
Google Street View
Arm Resting on Head, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Gyeonggi_do, South Korea
Image Source: Google Street View
Arm Resting on Stone, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Gyeonggi_do, South Korea
Image Source: Google Street View
Robotic Hands, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Gyeonggi_do, South Korea
A giant metallic hand beside the big soccer ball just outside World Cup stadium.
Image Source: Google Street View
A larger and clearer image in tripadvisor.com
Hand Gripping A Stone, Baemikkumi Garden Beach Art, Ongjin-gun, Incheon, South Korea
Image from Google Maps is by
김용준
Google Maps (Likely location as it is not visible in Google Street View).
Pair of Hands, Baemikkumi Garden Beach Art, Ongjin-gun, Incheon, South Korea
Image from Google Maps is by
솔개
Google Maps (Likely location as it is not visible in Google Street View).
Two Hands, Banqiao District office, New Taipei, Taiwan
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
lienyuan lee. It was originally posted in now defunct
Panoramio
Giant's Hands, Heping District, Taichung City, Taiwan
A giant sized head, two very large hands and legs rising from the ground as if the buried giant is trying to free itself. The sculpture is similar The Awakening sculpture.
Image from Google Maps is by
kimoger
tasi
Google Street View (Right hand) Google Street View (Left Hand).
Rabia Monument, Düzce, Turkey
Hand showing 4-fingers has been used by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğann at his public meetings salute. It was earlier linked to the symbol of resistance by the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt.
The pedestal of the monument bears the slogan of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his signature and his name. The slogan translated into English reads "One Nation, One Flag, One Homeland, One State".
Image Source: Google Street View
Hands Supporting Trees, Jardins de Juberri, Andorra
Image from Google Maps is by
Samantha
Molina
Two Pairs of Clasped Hands, Jardins de Juberri, Andorra
Image from Google Maps is by
Manu Muñoz
Moreno
Pair of Hands on the Wall, Viktor-Christ-Gasse 18, Margareten, Vienna, Austria
Image Source: Google Street View
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Herzi Pinki
Hand Shaped Maze, Swarovski Park, Watten, Austria
Image Source: Google Maps
Wooden Fist, Kadrina, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Known as Kalevipoeg's hand. As per Wikipedia, Kalevipoeg was the main character of Estonian epic poem of same name.
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Aulo Aasmaa. It was originally posted in now defunct Panoramio.
Google Maps (Location based on Wikimedia Commons).
Sinking Hand, Võru, Estonia
Memorial to the Victims of the Estonia Ferry Disaster, is dedicated to the residents of Võru who died in the ferry disaster during the stormy night of September 28, 1994. Located in front of Catherine's Church, the memorial an artwork of sculptor M. Karmin, was built in 1996 and depicts a hand coming out of a tilted, capsizing piece of rectangular cuboid.
Image from Google Maps by
Oskar Susi
(Permission to use image is awaited).
Source of info: visitestonia.com
Wooden Hand, Bremerhaven, Germany
A sculpture by Stephan Balkenhol in front of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by Xocolatl.
Two hands, Diespeck, Germany
Two hands holding a pear shaped object on a roundabout Bamberger Str and Neustädter Str.
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Siegmar S. It was originally posted in now defunct
Panoramio
"Hands of Friendship", Market Square, Cavan, Ireland
One horizontal open palm resting on two vertical palms, symbolising friendship. .
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Robin Pollard. It was originally posted in now defunct Panoramio.
Google Street View (May 2017). Not visible in current GSV (August 2019). Its present status is not known.
The Healing Hands, Inns Quay, Dublin, Ireland
Located in a park outside Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin the sculpture is a hollow bronze sphere with hand cut-outs all over its surface. It is supported on tree trunk shaped pedestal and an eternal flame burns inside at its centre. The shapes of hand cut-outs on the sphere were obtained by the artist from patients and staff in the hospital. .
The artwork is a creation of Tony O'Malley and was commissioned by the hospital to mark the 3rd millennium.
The sculpture has a symbolic meaning, the healing touch of Christ, the tree trunk with flame inside the sphere represents the burning bush and the hand cut-outs represent the foliage of the bush.
Image from
Flickr is by William
Murphy
Source of info and more info with images: excellentstreetimages.com
Wishing hand, Dublin, Ireland
The sculptor by Linda Brunker is made of brass and is located in front of the Department of Education, Dublin.
Image from Google Maps is by
Ragnars
Upenieks
Source of info: excellentstreetimages.com
Hands Protecting a Dog named Dzok, Krakow, Poland
A monument to a black mongrel dog named Dżok, whose owner Rondo Grunwaldzkie died of heart attack at the roundabout in Kraków and the dog kept on waiting in vain for his master for more than a year.
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by by
Euku
Source of info: Wikipedia
"Dove of Peace" Monument, Armavir, Russia
Located on Marshal Zhukov street, the monument consists of two white hands releasing a white dove. The dove was inspired from a 1949 drawing by Pablo Picasso and was chosen as a sign of friendship of the numerous (about 100) nationalities living in the city. At night the rainbow lights are turned on illuminating the monument.
Image from Google Maps is by
Игорь БилИ
Source of info: manezh-saratov.ru
Giant hand, Muzeon Park of Arts, Moscow, Russia
Image from Flickr
is by Mikhail Kryshen
Monument to the Beslan School Dead, Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
The monument in the shape of a pair of praying hands resting on an open book is located in the Krasnogvardeyskiy Park.
The Beslan school massacre is considered to be the deadliest school shooting in history. It was perpetrated by a terrorist group who, on September 1, 2004, raided the school and took more than 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children). Subsequent attempt to break the siege and to free the hostages ended in the deaths of 333 people, 186 of them children.
Image from Google Map is by
MaRiNa MaBa
Google Maps. (Location is based on Yandex maps).
Info about the Beslan School Siege - Wikipedia
Hand Shake, Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Located in an Amusement Park at Novorossiysk.
Image from Google Maps is Vadim Zhivotovsky
Hand Crushing Bombs, Perm, Russia
The artwork titled "Make Street Art Don't Bomb" was created by Alexander Zhunev and is located on Komsomol'skiy Prospekt, Perm, Russia.
In the words of the artist;.
"The sculpture consists of an iron base, a hand protruding from it, made of cylinders, and a bomb made of cylinders, which is squeezed by a hand. The sculpture is mounted on a flexible spring so that it can be shaken. At the same time, there is a rumble of many balls inside the cylinders, which are needed to stir the paint. The bomb in the hand symbolizes the cylinders of paint with which graphites "bomb" the walls, and shake them before that. The inscription "make street art. Don't bomb" means it's better to do street art than to bomb. . Also in the sculpture there is an anti-war meaning. It shows that street art can also be a "tool", but peaceful. It is an alternative to bombing and military action; with the help of street art, you can "conquer" the consciousness of people and convey the right thoughts to them".
Image copied from
street-art-perm.livejournal.com is by Alexander Zhunev. (Permission to use
image is awaited.)
Source of information: street-art-perm.livejournal.com
The Hand at Balka Smerti, Novobessergenevka village, Rostov Oblast, Russia
A monument in Petrushina Ravine, close to Taganrog city, dedicated to the Jews of the city who were murdered by German SS units in October 1941. The ravine is now referred as the "Balka Smerti" (Eng: Ravine of Death).
The memorial is 18 meters tall and the hand measures 4 meters.
Image from Goggle Maps is by
ссс ззз
Source of info: memorialmuseums.org / Wikipedia
"The Hand of the Creator", State Museum of Urban Sculpture, St Petersburg, Russia
Located in the courtyard of the museum, this monument to the Swiss born architect Domenico Trezzini is a gift by Switzerland on the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.
Image from Google Maps by
korneev
estate
Source of info: к-я.рф
Teachers Monument, St Petersburg, Russia
One of the several monuments to the Teachers in Russia.
Image from Google Maps is by
Ольга
Тараненко
Source of info: vsuete.com
Homage to Ibizan Hound, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
Located in a roundabout in Ibiza town, the monument to the this native breed of dog, consists of 5 hounds in different hunting postures placed on a giant open hand. Originally there were 7 hounds but two hounds were stolen after its inauguration in August 2010. The artwork is creation of Andreu Moreno and the hand is made of fibre while the hounds are made of bronze and steel.
Image from Flickr
is by helenoftheways
(Permission to use image is thankfully acknowledged.)
Source of info: espanabizarra.tumblr.com
Praying hands, Rota, Cádiz, Spain
"Betende Hände" (Praying Hands) located on a roundabout at Av. San Fernando, Rota, Cadiz.
Image from Google Maps is by
Michael
Komorous
Spanish Flag on A Palm, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain
Five fingers sprouting from the ground supporting the flag post. Because of this sculpture, the roundabout is known as Finger Roundabout.
Image Source: Google Street View
Source: espanabizarra.tumblr.com
Hand Holding an Autopsy Stone, El Boalo, Madrid, Spain
A rather bizarre monument to the autopsy table stone of the autopsy room at the local cemetery. The stone weighs about a ton and the hole in the centre of the stone served as the drain for the body fluids etc.
The text on the near by plaque reads;.
"The sculptural ensemble that makes up the hand holding the stone, represents the link between the past, the present and the future and is a tribute to our ancestors. The stone extracted and carved by hand by stonemasons of the place has an approximate age of about 200 years and has been part of the most intimate reality of the life of the people of El Boalo all this time. The hand is a design by the author Angel Estévez Segovia with which he has tried to extol La Vida and capture the effort of daily work. The whole is oriented towards the sunrise as a sign of offering and gratitude; It is made of steel and concrete, has a height of three meters and a weight of about two tons." (Text translated from original text in Spanish).
Image Source: Google Street View
Source of info: espanabizarra.tumblr.com
Hand Holding A Spinning Top, La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Located in front "El Trompo" Multicenter Shopping Centre a huge spinning top resting on palm of a hand. It is an artwork of artist Pedro González.
Image from Google Maps is by
Jose Manuel
Garcia García
Source of info: espanabizarra.tumblr.com
"The Hands That Carried The Iron", Arboga, Sweden
Iron ore was a an important commodity in the area and river Arboga was one of the main transportation route. Two sculptures, close to each other, have been installed at the river front as a memorial to the workers engaged in handling the ore. One sculpture shows a steel bar supported on open hands and the second sculpture shows two clenched hands holding a steel bar.
Image from Google Maps is by
Nela Maksic
Image from Google Maps is by
Ann-Sofie
Eriksson
La Mano memorial, Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
La Mano (Spanish for the 'hand') is a memorial to the Swedes who died during the Spanish Civil War. The monument located on Katarinavägen in Södermalm was created by Liss Eriksson and was completed in 1977.
Image from Google Maps is by
Snorre
Sturlasson
Source of info: tripadvisor.com
Hand Resting on a Stone, Oxford Park Community Sports Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK
Image from geograph.org.uk
is by Gerald England
Hand of the River God, Baltic Wharf, Bristol, UK
Installed in 1984 this sculpture is an artwork by Vincent Woropay. Made of brass it is 2.35 metres (7.7 ft) high. The bowl held in the hand was originally a fountain, composed of a small male figure (Hercules) holding an obelisk. This was stolen in 1998 and never replaced.
Image from Google Maps is by
Roger
Banister
Source of info: artuk.org
Closed Fist, Stow Shopping Centre, Harlow, Essex, UK
Titled "Not in Anger", this, 1975, bronze sculpture is an artwork of Leon Underwood. It is a larger replica of the original stone version (1925) at the Gibberd Garden.
Image from Google Maps is by
Cristi
Mezdrea
Google Maps (Not visible in Google Maps/Google Street View imagery, location is based on Wikimedia Commons).
Source of info and more info: harlowsculpture.art
"Future in Hand", Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, UK
The sculpture shows a large hand supporting a ship, with an apple on top of it (depicting a passenger). The ship is a replica of Port Glasgow's PS 'Comet' and the apple refers to the time before shipbuilding when Port Glasgow was an apple-growing region.
Image from Google Maps is by
macedonboy
Source of info: artuk.org
Hand With Red Nail Polish, Manor Gardens, Lynmouth, UK
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Adrian Farwell. It was originally posted in now defunct
Panoramio
Google Maps (Not visible in Google Maps imagery, location is based on Panoramio).
'Hands of Friendship', Churchill, North Somerset, UK
This sculpture has been made from a Wellingtonia tree which was planted here to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897. The full grown tree had to be cut down due to some disease and the remaining timber has been sculpted in this striking manner.
Image from Google Maps is by
Duncan
Robertson
Source of info: geograph.org.uk
The Giant Hand of Vyrnwy, Lake Vyrnwy Estate, Powys, Wales, UK
This giant hand was carved out of the remnants of the UK's tallest tree, a 124-year old Douglas fir, which was felled after being damaged in a storm in 2011. The original tree was 63.7 metres (209 ft) tall. The sculpture was created by artist Simon O'Rourke who modelled it after his own hand.
Image from Google Photos is by Victoria Owens
Google Maps (Location based on the Flickr image). Being forested area the sculpture is not visible in Google Earth imagery.
Source of info: BBC
Giant Hand, Gregynog Hall, Tregynon, Powys, UK
Made of ceramic, the hand is an artwork by Francis Hewlett. .
Image from Google Maps is
by Martin
Edwards
Google Maps (Not visible in Google Maps imagery, location is based on geograph.org.uk).
Hand Signs, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, UK
Multiple hand signs on the arches of the wall at Archway Hostel (Unite Students), Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, UK.
Image from
Flickr is by Andy P (© Andrew Pettigrew 2018). Permission to use image is thankfully acknowledged.
Multi-coloured Hands in a Giant Hand, Broadfield Park, Sheffield, UK
As per Geograph and Flickr this art installation is titled "Show of Hands".
Image from Google Maps is by
Keith
Turton
Hand with Chronos, Railway Station, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
A giant hand holding a small sculpture of Chronos, situated at the end of platform 2 at Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station. This artwork by Vincent Woropay was commissioned by British Rail for the 1990 National Garden Festival at Gateshead.
Image from Google Maps is by
Bryan Allen
Image from Google Maps is by
Bryan Allen
Source of info and more info: thepotteries.org
"In Perspective" by Lorenzo Quinn, Donetsk, Ukraine
Installed in front of the Donetsk National Academic Music and Drama Theatre, the hand was a gift by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov on the the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his company System Capital Management (CJM). The artwork was commissioned in November 19, 2010 and the inscription on the pedestal read:.
"We live in a very fragile world.
The future that is in our hands.
Everyone can make this world a better place.
Try to put it in perspective".
Originally two fingers were holding a crystal lens which was stolen in 2012. It was later replaced by a thimble. In May 2018 the sculpture was dismantled by some militants and its present whereabouts and status are not known.
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by
Andrew Butko
Source of info: shukach.com / vchasnoua.com
Hand monument to the Liquidators of the Chernobyl Disaster, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
The monument located in or about Heroiv Square/Mira Avenue is dedicated to the Chernobyl liquidators and depicts two large hands holding a symbolic image of an atom. Commissioned in Summer of 2019 it is an artwork of Vladimir Tokar.
As per Wikipedia, the "Chernobyl liquidators were the civil and military personnel who were called upon to deal with the consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union on the site of the event. The liquidators are widely credited with limiting both the immediate and long-term damage from the disaster".
Image from Google Maps is by
Hanna
Source of info: dnipro.depo.ua / one.kr.ua/news
Hand Holding a Giant Cowboy Hat, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada
Located in the Centennial Park at Claresholm.
Image Source: Google Street View
"Ascension", Oeno Gallery, Ontario, Canada
This artwork entitled "Ascension" is by Dave Sheridan. Installed in 2020, it is made of painted Fibreglass, Epoxy Resin. Modelled after Dave's own hand its design was inspired by the famous hand of Colossus of Constantine at the Capitoline Museums, Rome, however it is more open handed than the one in Rome.
Image from Google Maps is by
Jenny
Source of Info: oenogallery.com
"Ascension", St. Lawrence College, Brockville, Canada
This 9 feet replica of the sculpture "Ascension" installed at Oeno Gallery, Ontario, was donated by the artist Dave Sheridan to the city of Brockville.
Image Source: Google Street View
Another replica is located underwater in Centeen Dive Park, Brockville, but the same is not being included in this collection.
Source of info: recorder.ca and clintonnewsrecord.com
Touching Hands at Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children, Birmingham, AL, USA
Image from
Flickr is by King Kong 911
(Permission to use image is thankfully acknowledged.)
Giant Hands with Holes, Joshua Tree, California, USA
Many hands with holes and pair of hands supporting a feminine head is a sculpture entitled 'Transmission' by famous South African artist Daniel Popper. The sculpture is about 8 metres (26 ft) high and is made of concrete, steel, and decorated with Dichroic glass mosaic, which changes colours depending on the viewing angle.
Image from Google Maps is by
Mandy
Raygoza
Image from Google Maps is by
Jon
Stegenga
Source of info: secretlosangeles.com / joshuatreevoice.com
Giant Hand, Golden 1 Centre, Sacramento, CA, USA
This hand is part of series of sculptures titled "Missing the Mark" by Gale Hart and is spread near about the Golden 1 Centre. The sculptures depicts a disassembled dartboard - a giant bronze hand holding a flight, few flights lying on the ground, ten-foot darts etc.
Nearby there is another pair of giant hands titled "Hand Shake" aka Peace, at 555 Capitol Mall.
Image from Google Maps is by
Don Vu
The darts can be seen in Google Street View here, here and here
Source of info: arts.cityofsacramento.org
Five Hands, Overland Park, KS, USA
The sculpture located in front of Landmark National Bank is titled "Synergy" and is an artwork by Gary Price Lee. As per the author's web site, garyleeprice.com, it symbolises "Uplifting others, helping others and joining hands with others in brotherhood and sisterhood are essential parts of the life and work of Gary Lee Price"..
Wings of the Morning, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Wings of the sculpture by Marshall Fredericks at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum - A hand holding a male figure with arms and body stretched towards the sky, accompanied by two swans in flight.
There are two more such sculptures created by Marshall Fredericks; one at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC and the other at Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, MI.
Image from Google Maps is by
Fred Irvin
Google Maps (Not visible in Google Maps imagery, location is based on the map from meijergardens.org). .
Source of info: meijergardens.org
Wings of the Morning, Saginaw Valley State University, MI, USA
Another sculpture by Marshall Fredericks at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum - A hand holding a male figure with arms and body stretched towards the sky, accompanied by two swans in flight.
There are two more such sculptures created by Marshall Fredericks; one at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC and the other at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI.
Image from Google Maps is by
Lisa Mintz
Youth in the Hands of God, Saginaw Valley State University, MI, USA
An sculpture by Marshall Fredericks at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum - Pair of hands holding a youth with a book.
Made of Aluminium, the sculpture is about 6 metres (20 feet) tall and weighs about 400 kgs. (880 pounds). It was originally installed in 1955, on the façade of Dallas Public Library and remained there till 1993 when it was purchased by the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum and relocated on its wall.
Image from Pinterest
is by Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum.
Google Street View - The sculpture is currently undergoing conservation/repair and is expected to re-installed by mid 2022. (The sculpture was visible in Google Photos till August 2019).
Source of info: omeka.svsu.edu / YouTube Video
Credits: I am thankful to Geoffe Haney, Collection Manager, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum for his e-mail giving information about the current status of the sculpture and also providing some useful links.
"Communion," Hastings College, Hastings, NE, USA
A sculpture by Gary Price, located in front of the Calvin H. French Memorial Chapel, Hastings College, Hastings.
Image from Flickr
is by Ali Eminov
Hands Holding Bronze Sphere, Pascack Valley Medical Center, Westwood, NJ, USA
Titled "Community Spirit" this 2.1 metre (7 ft.), bronze sculpture, opened in 2013, is an artwork of New Jersey sculptor Bob Hill. It represents the community's support for restarting of the Pascack Valley Medical Centre formerly known as Hackensack University Medical Canter.
Image Credits:
codaworx.com (Permission to use image is awaited).
Google Street View (Likely location based on this image from codaworx.com).
Source of info: codaworx.com / patch.com
The Hand of Friendship, La Luz de Amistad Park, Albuquerque, NM, USA
An artwork by Ted Egri, this giant hand made of steel, measures about 4 metres (13 ft.) by 4.9 metres (16 ft), mounted on a 6 metres (20 ft.) pedestal. It was commissioned by the Albuquerque Beautification Commission.
Image from
Flickr is by Gregory
Peterson
Source of info and more info: Flickr
Giant Plucking Hand Mural, New York, USA
Located on 9 E 59th Street, the mural is painted in such a manner as id it is going to pickup the passerbyes.
Image source: Google Street view
The mural is very popular with Instagramers and tourists.
Thumbnails Source: Yandex
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Giant Hands at Oregon School for the Deaf, Salem, OR, USA
Image Source: Google Street View
Wings of the Morning, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC, USA
Wings of the sculpture by Marshall Fredericks at the Brown Sculpture Court, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC - A hand holding a male figure with arms and body stretched towards the sky, accompanied by two swans in flight.
There are two more such sculptures created by Marshall Fredericks; one at Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, MI and the other at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI.
Image from Flickr
is by Charlie J
Google Maps (Not visible in Google Maps imagery, location is based on the e-mail from Lauren Joseph, Director of Marketing, Brookgreen Gardens).
More info: brookgreen.pastperfectonline.com
Credits: I am thankful to Lauren Joseph, Director of Marketing, Brookgreen Gardens for her e-mail regarding location of this sculpture also providing link giving more information about it.
Monumento La Mano, Curanilahue, Chile
Located at the entrance to the Curanilahue, the slogan on this giant wooden hand reads' "I have my hands broken but there is bread on my table", depicting the characteristic of the locals.
Image from Google Maps is by
Gatos r3yes
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Source of info: flickr.com
Credits: I am thankful to members of at Google Earth Community Forum namely; Bridgeplayer, Dagger66, Farceur, Hhgygy, Krenek, Lockhopper, Syzygy, Walter, Willi1 and Yleor for suggesting/helping me in finding these hands or their locations.
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