This is an all wood “Meat Mallet”. Wild game tends to lack fat and be very tough. I doubt the settlers had a jar of tenderizer on the shelf so hammering meat to tenderize it would have been important.
This mallet is the one with the longest width of just over 3 1/4” from notched face to notched face. It is 12” tall and the handle is turned from a separate piece of wood. On the handle you can see the lathe marks on the exposed end from where it was held while being turned.
I can’t find any stamps or marks that provide any clues as to when or where it was made.
