Hok's Gong Hook

Ceremonial fixture used in Hok's museum in *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (S01E01), designed to secure a massive gong and later repurposed by Indy as a bullet shield during a chaotic escape.

1 appearances

Purpose

Mounts and displays the ceremonial gong

Significance

Enables Indy to seize gong as bullet shield, turning museum artifact into escape tool against Hok

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Rolling Gong Escape

The gong hook functions as the pivot point for the action: Indy yanks the gong free from this fixture. Its failure under strain enables the cascade of events that produce the mobile shield and subsequent escape.

Before: Secured to the gallery structure and bearing the gong’s weight as an intact fixture.

After: Emptied and disturbed; the hook has lost its load and stands as evidence of the disrupted display (likely stressed or warped from Indy’s force).

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