Looks like a detent ball for the manual choke. When you roll open the choke the bull nose on that detent clicks and holds the choke open.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner on a piece for the manual choke . The photo of parts is not broken down far enough to show this part . Remove the nut and arm from the bracket and high cam ramp and you will see that part and a spring . When reassembling it a touch of grease will help it to maintain easy operation for years .
Not on top of Chebbie carbs as well as Ford , not many as in very damn few were offered OEM manual choke .