Object

Low Steel Ventilation Grate on Hok’s Museum Rear Wall

A low steel ventilation grate sits near the floor on the rear wall of Hok’s museum. Indiana Jones moves it open to slip inside covertly, then peers through into the immaculate exhibition hall. He catalogs priceless artifacts from this vantage, senses traps and security, and notes the hall’s eerie emptiness before advancing. The grate conceals his entry amid the tension of potential pursuit.

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Purpose

Provides covert entry point and initial concealment for infiltrating the museum’s exhibition hall

Significance

Enables Indy’s reconnaissance of Hok’s artifacts and traps, heightening stakes around theft, rival forces, and preservation risks in the empty hall

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Vent-Grate Infiltration — Indy Eyes the Ark's Vault

The low steel ventilation grate functions as the covert entry point and concealment for Indy. He moves it aside to physically and visually penetrate the museum without exposing himself on the marble floor, converting the grate into a temporary observation post.

Before: Closed and flush with the rear wall, quietly part of the museum's architecture.

After: Moved aside/opened to allow Indy to peer through; still present and concealing his body beneath the floorline.

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