Hok's Museum

Hok's Museum is a private artifact museum guarding the Staff of Ra headpiece in a display case rigged with lethal alarm mechanisms. Threads run from a large ceremonial gong (described as seven feet/ golden) and a poised hammer overhead, creating a deadly trap that is triggered when the glass is broken. Indiana Jones infiltrates the shadowed galleries, confronts samurai guards, smashes the case to seize the headpiece (using sword/whip/pistol in different beats), which sets off a deafening gong alarm; the hammer lashes down and the exhibit space becomes a gauntlet as Indy uses the rolling/struck gong as cover and escapes (including a high-skylight leap). In the broader scene the Germans head to this museum after the tea-room incident and Hok moves toward it amid palace alarms.