Headpiece of the Staff of Ra

The headpiece is verbally identified as the actionable component the Nazis seek; its mention personalizes the threat (half in China, half with Ravenwood) and gives specificity to the intercepted orders.

The gilded Staff of Ra headpiece is the magnet for the scene: Indy inspects its carved details and the round hollow for a staff, which motivates his presence and the samurai's violent defense. Though not touched in this moment, it functions as the narrative cause of the confrontation.

The carved gold headpiece is the reason Indy is present and the narrative catalyst for the ambush; it is inspected closely by Indy and framed visually as the prize being fought over, anchoring the museum's protective response.

The Staff of Ra headpiece is the objective of the theft — ceremonial, valuable, and the immediate cause of the alarm when removed. Its seizure crystallizes the stakes: it's both a prize and a provocation that summons lethal response.

The Staff-of-Ra headpiece (medallion plus base) is physically assembled by Sallah in this scene, completing a crucial key. It is examined for markings that will align with Tanis's map room mechanism, serving both as a technical instrument and a narrative symbol that escalates the stakes.

The assembled Staff of Ra headpiece is the dramatic pivot of the scene: Sallah fits its medallion and base, completes the device, and inspects markings that directly tie to the Tanis map room and the Well of the Souls. Its completion transforms abstract suspicion into actionable intelligence and triggers the moral warning about the Ark.

The broken lower section of the Staff of Ra headpiece lies on the table; Amir traces its markings aloud, reading the measurement (ten jamirs plus one) that proves the Nazis' staff is the wrong height. The headpiece functions as the decisive piece of intelligence that converts despair into actionable hope.

The lower part of the Staff of Ra headpiece sits on the table; Amir traces its break and the contiguous inscription, using it to derive the staff's true height. The headpiece functions as the crucial intelligence artifact that reverses the map-room decision.

The Staff of Ra headpiece lies on the table and is the narrative fulcrum: Amir traces its markings, reads the precise measurements and warning, and its decoded information triggers the men's jubilant celebration that immediately precedes the monkey's death.

The welded headpiece is produced by Indy from his robes at the moment the sunlight begins to trace the miniature; it functions as the missing medallion that fits into the staff base and completes the alignment mechanism—the literal key to channeling the shaft of light.

The headpiece (ornate sun) functions as the calibration device: Indy tweaks it until the sun motif casts the correct shadow, breaking and focusing sunlight so that a thin beam sweeps the miniature. Its small hole and shadow interplay are the mechanical keys to revealing the target building.

Indy removes the Staff of Ra headpiece from the erected staff and immediately conceals it within his robes — a protective theft that secures the single key component the Nazis need to focus sunlight and reveal the Well.

The Staff of Ra headpiece is removed from the full staff by Indy and immediately concealed within his robes, becoming the primary artifact he must protect and smuggle out during the escape.