Olive Wood Praying Hands Sculpture from the Holy Land — 3.1 Inch

This olive wood praying hands is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Bethlehem. Made from genuine olive wood, each piece is unique with natural grain patterns. Size: 3.1 inch. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

Dimensions:

• FIG015A: H 3.1″ × W 1.3″ × D 1.5″ (7.8 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm)
• FIG015B: H 3.1″ × W 1.3″ × D 1.5″ (7.8 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm)
• FIG015: H 3.1″ × W 1.3″ × D 1.5″ (7.8 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm)

About This Figure

There's something about holding these praying hands that stops you for a second. The wood is warm, the grain runs through the fingers, and you can tell somebody carved this with actual care. If you're looking for wood carving sculptures for sale that mean something, this is a different category than what you'll find in a gift shop.

These come straight from Christian artisan families in Bethlehem, carved from genuine Holy Land olive wood. Compact enough to sit on a desk or travel in a bag, small enough to hold during prayer. The variant FIG015 A and B comes as a set of three pieces with a rosary included, which a lot of people order as a grouped display or a prayer set to give away.

If you're browsing figures for sale and want something that carries real origin behind it, this is one of those pieces. The olive wood praying hands buy decision is usually made the moment someone actually sees the grain up close in the photos.

Features & Details

• ✓ Genuine Holy Land olive wood, hand-carved in Bethlehem
• ✓ Dimensions: 3.1 x 1.4 x 1.4 inches, compact for desk, shelf, or travel
• ✓ Natural grain variation, no two pieces look identical
• ✓ Figures hand carved entirely by Christian artisan families, no factory work
• ✓ Variant FIG015 A and B: set of 3 pieces with rosary included
• ✓ Suitable for baptism or confirmation milestones, and everyday display
• ✓ Praying hands symbolism recognized across Christian traditions worldwide

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A pastor in Ohio ordered a dozen of the three-piece sets last Easter to hand out to families in his congregation. He emailed us a few weeks later to say people had been keeping them on their nightstands. That's the kind of thing that sticks with you when you're packing orders at the desk.

These work for so many moments. Figures baptism gift, figures confirmation gift, something to bring to a wedding, something to mail to a friend who's going through a hard season. The rosary set especially, that one feels complete as a gift idea right out of the box. Free US shipping on orders over $100 makes it easy to order a few at once.

The Story Behind It

Most wood sculptures for sale you find online are factory-made somewhere with no particular connection to what they represent. These aren't that. The families who carve these praying hands figures live and work in Bethlehem, a few minutes from the Church of the Nativity, and they've been doing this across three generations.

The olive wood itself comes from annual pruning of living trees. Nobody's cutting anything down to make these. That detail matters to me personally, it's the right way to do it, and it means the trees keep going while the carving tradition keeps going alongside them.

There's a wood indian statue for sale mentality in a lot of the souvenir market, where the origin story gets invented after the fact. What I can tell you is that I know these carvers, I've been to the workshops, and the skill in these hands is real. Factory-direct pricing means you're paying the artisan family, not three layers of markup.

Care Instructions

Olive wood is low maintenance. If the piece starts looking a little dry, rub a small drop of olive oil into it with a cloth and it'll come right back. Don't soak it in water. That's genuinely all there's to it.