I would say wood can be altered to look older or newer easily. Study antique furniture & repairs by skilled cabinet makers to see how easily patina & finnish can be matched. 
 
Cyclura99  It appears to my eye that your shield has never been hung in a smoky hut? 
 
Would you say thats correct?  What would the explanation for that be? 
 
 
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