Wonderfully Curious Folk Art Cradle with Drawers 1930s game and a hook for hanging

and a hook for hanging on the back

which I find quite elegant in its simplicity

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

8ʺW × 8ʺD × 6ʺH and in excellent condition

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

Wonderfully Curious Folk Art Cradle with Drawers 1930s game and a hook for hangingI 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