Wonderfully Curious Folk Art Cradle with Drawers 1930s game I am not entirely sure

I am not entirely sure the purpose of the green stick included

He's definitely old--the wood has split a bit

I found the pin at the estate sale of an African American family in Kansas City

though the balls are somewhat irregular in size and shape

shot with 2x magnification

Wonderfully Curious Folk Art Cradle with Drawers 1930s game I am not entirely sureI am so into this one, and have never seen another like it, and really have no idea the logic behind it (holding diaper pins?) but that makes me like it all the more! The cradle itself it great in its old creamy white paint, but a hundred times better for two drawers at one end and another at the other. All of the drawers, with tiny handles, are lined in their original fabric and open and close easily, and the whole thing will rock back in forth on