Gorgeous Large Primitive Mallet with Five Fat Iron Nails

Another old handmade tool that feels like pure sculpture to me, just gorgeous, and with these five old forged iron nails making it look like a giant handmade wood die (as in dice), and a bit like a face, too. Traces of old red paint on one side and white on the other, making for beautiful surfaces, and with, it looks to me, a name pressed in to the handle on one side. Solid and heavy, this could knock the heck out of anything, but also feel to me like quite a tender, empathetic thing. 12 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 3 7/8”, excellent antique condition, all the more beautiful in person.