i think it's a golf club rack. the heads of the clubs balance against the upside-down hooks. also, i think that tall steel bit with the eye might hold a bag o' balls?
I think it's an invalid/uncooperative patient medicine forcer. So instead of having a spoonful of 'tussin pushed against closed lips, this thing is full of medicine and it's protected while pushed thru closed teeth. when the plunger on the back is pressed, the medicine gets delivered.
also, i think that tall steel bit with the eye might hold a bag o' balls?