The Golden Gong's Web

The glass display cases are the alarm's intended targets—each is connected by the ceiling threads. Indy moves among them, reading their spacing and the thread drops to determine which cases are wired and where he can step or reach without breaking the circuit, treating them as both obstacles and clues.

The seven‑foot golden gong serves as the central alarm node—its suspended presence announces ceremonial grandeur while the hammer above and threads attached to it form a sensitive trip network. Indy studies the gong not as a musical object but as the mechanical heart of the museum's security, using its position to infer trigger architecture and blind spots.

The enormous hammer hangs poised directly above the gong, its linkage to thousands of fine threads making it the literal trigger. In this event the hammer functions as the implied threat—Indy reads its relation to the threads to understand how movement will translate into catastrophic alarm activation.

Hok's museum functions as the staged arena for this stealth beat: an immaculate exhibition hall whose theatrical display doubles as a rigged security system. The gallery's design, artifacts, and sightlines force Indy into a quiet, observational mode where physical beauty conceals mechanical danger.

The museum ceiling physically carries the trap: thousands of tiny threads spiderweb across its surface and drop to the cases. Its architecture transforms the overhead space into an active, invisible hazard that Indy must read like a map to avoid setting off the hammer-and-gong alarm.

The high skylight/window sits beyond Indy as a visible escape and line-of-sight objective. In this event it functions as the single practical external egress he identifies while mapping the alarm—an elevated exit that offers freedom but also requires a risky, planned route to reach without tripping wires.