Object

Indy's Long Wooden Staff

Indy carries the smooth, nearly seven-foot wooden staff among the Tanis tents, disguised as a digger. He lowers it to probe the five-foot square skylight shaft hiding the ancient map room, testing depths before dropping it into the darkness and descending himself. Sallah watches as the staff enables their covert entry.

1 appearances

Purpose

Probe to test and explore the unseen map room shaft

Significance

Grants access to the map room ahead of Nazis; highlights Indy and Sallah's practical partnership and Indy's willingness to risk personal descent

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Rope, Staff, and Trust — Descent into the Map Room

Indy's nearly seven‑foot smooth wooden staff is used as a probing tool to test the skylight's edge and depth; after serving as a tactile scout for hidden danger it is deliberately dropped into the darkness to mark the shaft and clear Indy's hands for descent.

Before: Carried by Indiana Jones across the tents, held upright as a probing implement.

After: Dropped into the unseen map room shaft; possession transferred from Indy to being inside the subterranean chamber (unretrieved at that moment).

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