My daughter stumped me: "What is this?"

[Ptah]

[Ocelot II]

1. It's an antique corn planter.

https://www.ebay.com/b/Hand-Corn-Planter-In-Antique-Primitives/1217/bn_7022504635

[Ptah]

3. Did you know that or did you google it?

[Ocelot II]

4. I used Google Lens. I never would have been able to figure it out by myself.

[amerikat]

2. Had to do a google image search.

Seems complicated for what it does.

[2naSalit]

5. Looks like some kinda flinger thing...

Actually I suspected it was some kind of planting device that mounts on something.

[yorkster]

6. I was sure Rube Goldberg was involved.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. My first thought was it looks like a homemade planter of some kind

You should see some of the contraptions I've made in order to plant faster. It's cheaper than buying those huge tractor attachments, especially for small plantings. But a lot of folks sell their own contraptions on line and they are pretty good too.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Seed planter. I've used one when I lived with my grandmother.

[Nictuku]

9. My guess (without Google) would have been a line painter (for the streets)

[JoseBalow]

10. My guess was similar

I was thinking it might be for chalk lines on a ball field., maybe.

[chouchou]

11. I would have guessed it a repairable unit for a '54 Hudson generator.

[WestMichRad]

12. Corn planter.

Used one when I was a kid.

[Skittles]

13. certainly not a sex toy

[nuxvomica]

14. For laying chalk lines on a baseball diamond?

That was my first thought.