Object

Hok's Museum Skylight

The high skylight above Hok’s museum gallery that Indiana Jones dives headfirst through (launching from a marble bench), violently shattering its glass as shards rain down amid Hok’s gunfire and the ringing improvised gong—creating an overhead breach that enables Indy’s escape after taking the Staff of Ra headpiece.

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Purpose

Overhead barrier admitting light to the gallery while sealing the interior from exterior access.

Significance

Breaks to enable Indy's daring exit under gunfire, heightens the theft's peril, and advances the Staff of Ra quest by letting Indy retain the artifact despite Hok's pursuit.

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 high skylight becomes the climactic egress: Indy times his vault onto the bench and dives headfirst through the glass, which shatters under his momentum, allowing his escape out of the museum as bullets impact the surrounding wall.

Before: Intact glass panel in the museum ceiling/upper wall providing daylight and a potential high exit.

After: Shattered and breached, glass fragments raining down as Indy passes through; the opening now functions as an opened escape point.

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