Old ?? african shield
Hello dear members,
I please need the advice of african connaisseurs !
I reserved this ethiopian shield,
not my area of collection but I find it
really nice with his decorations made of coins and nails,
The question: it was sold as an antique one made with hippo leather.
It's nice but is ( TOO MUCH ?! ) in good conditions...
the coins are coming from all country: germany, french african and arabian countries...
So I'm not sure it's an old one...
For the central deco coins, I could read that one was dating from 1980 so...
Just scrap / recent item ?
or I wonder if the central deco is recently made on an old ( early 20th ?)
shield ?
What about the leather ?...
Kind regards
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