Funeral practices are confined to specific places where they can not be seen. They can be considered as a “Black boxes” because they their functioning depends on the ignorance of the procedures that ensure their success. Therefore, the description of these mechanisms must be based on an empirical approach. An inquiry in a funeral complex of Québec city has given us the opportunity to enter the fabric of death. Following the corpse from the moment of its death to its exposition is noticing the importance of human and non-human (objects, instruments, products, etc.) in a course of action. The dead body is itself an actor: it sets a time and a place for its management. This chain of transformations includes embalming, the choice of a coffin and public display.