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A "khwapa", or Newari mask featuring the visage of the Goddess, Varahi, a sow faced tantric deity, important in the esoteric rites of tantric Hindus and tantric Buddhists.  This originates with the Newar people of the Kathmandu, Valley.  It is an example of the classic copper masks of the tantric Newars and adheres to canonical details of iconography for depicting this Goddess.