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Nancy Drew 17: Legend of the Crystal Skull Hints
I have the painting. What now?
1 of 10: The obvious thing is to hang it in the empty slot on the wall in the great room, with the other paintings. But there's more to do here.
2 of 10: Did you notice that you can move the paintings around?
3 of 10: Something interesting will happen if you can get them in the right order. Have you come across anything that might give you a clue about the order? (Read to the end of this hint for the order.)
4 of 10: It's nothing to do with the way their eyes are looking, which was my first thought. Instead, you need to look for a card with letters on it --
5 of 10: -- which you can find in the Crystal Skull book in the library. It's in the box that Iggy the Iguana is standing on top of.
6 of 10: The letters on this card are initials for something that's different in each picture.
7 of 10: Look at what they're holding in their hands. Each letter on the card stands for one of the objects in the paintings. So the letter T stands for --
8 of 10: -- Toothbrush. That means the picture of the guy holding a toothbrush goes in the first space in the upper right corner.
9 of 10: Here's how the pictures should be arranged:
