diff --git a/pkg/object/object.go b/pkg/object/object.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d86c965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/object/object.go
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package object
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/container"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/owner"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/util/signature"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/object"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/refs"
+	signatureV2 "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/signature"
+	crypto "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-crypto"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// Object represents NeoFS object that provides
+// a convenient interface for working in isolation
+// from the internal structure of an object.
+//
+// Object allows to work with the object in read-only
+// mode as a reflection of the immutability of objects
+// in the system.
+type Object struct {
+	rwObject
+}
+
+type rwObject struct {
+	fin bool
+
+	id *ID
+
+	key, sig []byte
+
+	cid *container.ID
+
+	ownerID *owner.ID
+
+	payloadChecksum *refs.Checksum
+
+	// TODO: add other fields
+}
+
+// Verify checks if object structure is correct.
+func (o *Object) Verify() error {
+	if o == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	hdr := o.v2Header()
+
+	data, err := hdr.StableMarshal(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not marshal header")
+	}
+
+	hdrChecksum := sha256.Sum256(data)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(hdrChecksum[:], o.id.val) {
+		return errors.New("invalid object identifier")
+	}
+
+	if err := signature.VerifyDataWithSource(
+		signatureV2.StableMarshalerWrapper{
+			SM: o.id.ToV2(),
+		},
+		func() (key, sig []byte) {
+			return o.key, o.sig
+		},
+	); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid object ID signature")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ToV2 converts object to v2 Object message.
+func (o *Object) ToV2() *object.Object {
+	obj, _ := o.rwObject.ToV2(nil)
+
+	return obj
+}
+
+func (o *rwObject) v2Header() *object.Header {
+	hV2 := new(object.Header)
+	hV2.SetContainerID(o.cid.ToV2())
+	hV2.SetOwnerID(o.ownerID.ToV2())
+	hV2.SetPayloadHash(o.payloadChecksum)
+	// TODO: set other fields
+
+	return hV2
+}
+
+func (o *rwObject) complete(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*object.Header, error) {
+	hdr := o.v2Header()
+
+	hdrData, err := hdr.StableMarshal(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not marshal header")
+	}
+
+	o.id = new(ID)
+	o.id.SetSHA256(sha256.Sum256(hdrData))
+
+	if err := signature.SignDataWithHandler(
+		key,
+		signatureV2.StableMarshalerWrapper{
+			SM: o.id.ToV2(),
+		},
+		func(key []byte, sig []byte) {
+			o.key, o.sig = key, sig
+		},
+	); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could sign object identifier")
+	}
+
+	o.fin = true
+
+	return hdr, nil
+}
+
+// ToV2 calculates object identifier, signs structure and converts
+// it to v2 Object message.
+func (o *rwObject) ToV2(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*object.Object, error) {
+	if o == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var (
+		hdr *object.Header
+		err error
+	)
+
+	if !o.fin {
+		if key == nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(crypto.ErrEmptyPrivateKey, "could complete the object")
+		}
+
+		if hdr, err = o.complete(key); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "could not complete the object")
+		}
+	} else {
+		hdr = o.v2Header()
+	}
+
+	obj := new(object.Object)
+	obj.SetObjectID(o.id.ToV2())
+	obj.SetHeader(hdr)
+
+	sig := new(refs.Signature)
+	sig.SetKey(o.key)
+	sig.SetSign(o.sig)
+	obj.SetSignature(sig)
+
+	return obj, nil
+}
+
+// FromV2 converts v2 Object message to Object instance.
+//
+// Returns any error encountered which prevented the
+// recovery of object data from the message.
+func FromV2(oV2 *object.Object) (*Object, error) {
+	if oV2 == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	id, err := IDFromV2(oV2.GetObjectID())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not convert object ID")
+	}
+
+	hdr := oV2.GetHeader()
+
+	ownerID, err := owner.IDFromV2(hdr.GetOwnerID())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not convert owner ID")
+	}
+
+	cid, err := container.IDFromV2(hdr.GetContainerID())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not convert container ID")
+	}
+
+	// TODO: convert other fields
+
+	sig := oV2.GetSignature()
+
+	return &Object{
+		rwObject: rwObject{
+			fin:             true,
+			id:              id,
+			key:             sig.GetKey(),
+			sig:             sig.GetSign(),
+			cid:             cid,
+			ownerID:         ownerID,
+			payloadChecksum: hdr.GetPayloadHash(),
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/object/raw.go b/pkg/object/raw.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c82ba5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/object/raw.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package object
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/container"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/owner"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/refs"
+)
+
+// RawObject represents NeoFS object that provides
+// a convenient interface to fill in the fields of
+// an object in isolation from its internal structure.
+type RawObject struct {
+	rwObject
+}
+
+func (o *RawObject) set(setter func()) {
+	o.fin = false
+	setter()
+}
+
+// SetContainerID sets object's container identifier.
+func (o *RawObject) SetContainerID(v *container.ID) {
+	if o != nil {
+		o.set(func() {
+			o.cid = v
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// SetOwnerID sets identifier of the object's owner.
+func (o *RawObject) SetOwnerID(v *owner.ID) {
+	if o != nil {
+		o.set(func() {
+			o.ownerID = v
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// SetPayloadChecksumSHA256 sets payload checksum as a SHA256 checksum.
+func (o *RawObject) SetPayloadChecksumSHA256(v [sha256.Size]byte) {
+	if o != nil {
+		o.set(func() {
+			if o.payloadChecksum == nil {
+				o.payloadChecksum = new(refs.Checksum)
+			}
+
+			o.payloadChecksum.SetType(refs.SHA256)
+			o.payloadChecksum.SetSum(v[:])
+		})
+	}
+}