### Question
Can you define what funerary object means?


### Answer
**Funerary object** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 80q*:

> an object that, as part of a death rite or ceremony of a culture, is intentionally placed with individual human remains, either at the time of burial or later

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 80q*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 3-SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES > SUBCHAPTER XIII-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN**

