Josef Freinademetz and John of Nepomuk

During August I made some holiday in Ortisei, South Tyrol, Italy,
the home of the famous wood carvers.
 

In the retail shop of Albert Comploj I bought 2 very nice wood figures:

 

 1.

Saint Joseph Freinademetz

 

Joseph Freinademetz wearing his Mao-Tzû

See my article:

Mao-Tzû or the Chinese "小瓜帽"

 

I nearly every church in the Val Gardena you find a painting of this Saint.

 

St. Ulrich, Ortisei

 

 La cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Cassiano

Brixen

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2.

Saint John of Nepomuk

 

 

The wood carver did not carved the biretta in the correct way:

The left blade (wing, horn) should be at the back side.

Mao-Tzû or the Chinese "小瓜帽"

In Chinese the skullcap is normally called 瓜皮帽  -  Guā Pí Mào
瓜 means melon
皮 means skin
帽 means cap

> Cap made of the skin of a (half) melon

"小瓜帽"  -  Mao-Tzû means cap for the priest

[Please remember that the Italian word "zucchetto" for pileolus (soli deo) comes from "zucchetta" which means baby gourd (to cover the big gourd/head).]

The Catholic missonary Josef Freinademetz wearing a black  小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû)

with a black twisted knot on the top.

Missonary Auguste Schüttgen wearing a black  小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû)

with a black twisted knot on the top and Elisabeth Bäumer of the Allianz-Mission

Black  小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû) with a black twisted knot on the top

Black  小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû) with a red-purple twisted knot on the top

Black  小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû) with a red twisted knot on the top