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Giant Tooth
Hamilton Township, NJ
Giant Tooth
Tulsa, OK
Giant Tooth
Vienna, VA

The Hamilton Tooth has been here since around 1998. The aluminum sculpture was created by J. Seward Johnson. It is part of the permanent collection of Grounds for Sculpture. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
The Tulsa Tooth stands in front of a dentist office.
The Vienna Tooth acts as another dentist office sign. For more, see this website.

Giant Teeth
Marshall, MI

The Marshall Teeth are not all that giant but I'll include them anyway. These teeth adorn another dentist's office: two in the display window and two with the sign above.

More Giant Teeth:
dentist office (Tijuana, Mexico)

Giant Hand Rumford, ME

The Giant Hand is about 12' long. It is located at Rowe-Rumford, a used car dealer. It looks like the hand may have had a sound box at one time.

The Fist Detroit, MI		Hand of Noah Silver Spring, MD

The Fist is a tribute to boxer Joe Louis, aka The Brown Bomber, who grew up in Detroit. The 24' long bronze sculpture was installed in 1987. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

The Hand of Noah stands in front of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) headquarters. It is 12' tall and was installed in 1991. The bronze sculpture was created by Raymond Kaskey. For more, see this website.

Praying Hands Webb City, MO		Praying Hands Tulsa, OK

The Webb City Praying Hands are 32' tall and weigh 110 tons. They are made of stucco over steel and set on a 40' tall hillside. They were built between 1972-1974 as the Hands in Prayer, World in Peace Memorial. For more, see this website.

The Tulsa Praying Hands are at the entrance to Oral Roberts University. The Hands are 60' tall and are the largest bronze sculpture in the world. They were made in Mexico in 1980. The sculpture was originally known as the Healing Hands and was located at Oral Roberts' City of Faith medical center which went bankrupt in 1989. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Clasped Hands Louisville, KY

The Clasped Hands stands in front of the Insight Training Group building. Does anyone know more about the statue (e.g., when it was built, its significance, dimensions, etc.)?

Handshake Sacramento, CA	Hand with Diploma Alamogordo, NM	Boxing Gloves Toronto, ON	Studio City Hand Car Wash Studio City, CA

This Handshake fountain/sculpture stands in front of Plaza 555 on the Capitol Mall.

This Hand with Diploma is installed in front of New Mexico State University. It is approximately about 5' tall.

These Boxing Gloves flank the entrance to Bloor Street Boxing & Fitness. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

This giant hand takes the name of Hand Car Wash quite literally. The sponge-holding is surmounted by a life-sized replica of a 1957 Corvette. The sculpture was created by Gagik Daniel in 2001. The original sign was 6' taller taller and did not comply with city regulations. The sponge was reduced in height to bring the sign down to the 26' tall limit. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Skate World
Kankakee, IL
Madame Tussauds Hands
New York, NY

Skate World features this giant hand and globe on its roof. I don't know if this place is still in business.
The Madame Tussauds Hands are located at its Times Square wax museum which opened in 2000. The silver hand is near the street while the gold hand is installed on the roof. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.