A number of these Southern Ethiopian shields appeared on the London market in the early 1990s, and they have featured in various gallery exhibitions. They are still to be found for sale around, and I have one myself. Many I know were polished up using I suppose oils and/or boot-polish, whether done in Europe or Africa I can't say.
The early examples seen did not have metal inlay as I remember, so maybe these are embellishments - not sure. My own opinion is that this one is not a fake, but might have been "fancied-up"
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