diff --git a/packages/patterns/index.js b/packages/patterns/index.js
index 1a3cc1773f..df619d3ed0 100644
--- a/packages/patterns/index.js
+++ b/packages/patterns/index.js
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ export {
 
 // ////////////////// Temporary, until these find their proper home ////////////
 
-export { listDifference, objectMap } from './src/utils.js';
+export {
+  listDifference,
+  objectMap,
+  objectMetaMap,
+  objectMetaAssign,
+} from './src/utils.js';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/export
 export * from './src/types.js';
diff --git a/packages/patterns/src/utils.js b/packages/patterns/src/utils.js
index e6f7722df7..fabc2a8744 100644
--- a/packages/patterns/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/patterns/src/utils.js
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import { isPromise } from '@endo/promise-kit';
 
 /** @typedef {import('@endo/marshal').Checker} Checker */
 
-const { fromEntries, entries } = Object;
+const {
+  fromEntries,
+  entries,
+  getOwnPropertyDescriptors,
+  create,
+  defineProperties,
+} = Object;
 const { ownKeys } = Reflect;
 
 const { details: X, quote: q, Fail } = assert;
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ harden(fromUniqueEntries);
  * a CopyRecord.
  *
  * @template {Record<string, any>} O
- * @template R result
+ * @template R map result
  * @param {O} original
  * @param {(value: O[keyof O], key: keyof O) => R} mapFn
  * @returns {Record<keyof O, R>}
@@ -106,6 +112,79 @@ export const objectMap = (original, mapFn) => {
 };
 harden(objectMap);
 
+/**
+ * Like `objectMap`, but at the reflective level of property descriptors
+ * rather than property values.
+ *
+ * Except for hardening, the edge case behavior is mostly the opposite of
+ * the `objectMap` edge cases.
+ *    * No matter how mutable the original object, the returned object is
+ *      hardened.
+ *    * All own properties of the original are mapped, even if symbol-named
+ *      or non-enumerable.
+ *    * If any of the original properties were accessors, the descriptor
+ *      containing the getter and setter are given to `metaMapFn`.
+ *    * The own properties of the returned are according to the descriptors
+ *      returned by `metaMapFn`.
+ *    * The returned object will always be a plain object whose state is
+ *      only these mapped own properties. It will inherit from the third
+ *      argument if provided, defaulting to `Object.prototype` if omitted.
+ *
+ * Because a property descriptor is distinct from `undefined`, we bundle
+ * mapping and filtering together. When the `metaMapFn` returns `undefined`,
+ * that property is omitted from the result.
+ *
+ * @template {Record<PropertyKey, any>} O
+ * @param {O} original
+ * @param {(
+ *   desc: TypedPropertyDescriptor<O[keyof O]>,
+ *   key: keyof O
+ * ) => (PropertyDescriptor | undefined)} metaMapFn
+ * @param {any} [proto]
+ * @returns {any}
+ */
+export const objectMetaMap = (
+  original,
+  metaMapFn,
+  proto = Object.prototype,
+) => {
+  const descs = getOwnPropertyDescriptors(original);
+  const keys = ownKeys(original);
+
+  const descEntries = /** @type {[PropertyKey,PropertyDescriptor][]} */ (
+    keys
+      .map(key => [key, metaMapFn(descs[key], key)])
+      .filter(([_key, optDesc]) => optDesc !== undefined)
+  );
+  return harden(create(proto, fromUniqueEntries(descEntries)));
+};
+harden(objectMetaMap);
+
+/**
+ * Like `Object.assign` but at the reflective level of property descriptors
+ * rather than property values.
+ *
+ * Unlike `Object.assign`, this includes all own properties, whether enumerable
+ * or not. An original accessor property is copied by sharing its getter and
+ * setter, rather than calling the getter to obtain a value. If an original
+ * property is non-configurable, a property of the same name on a later original
+ * that would conflict instead causes the call to `objectMetaAssign` to throw an
+ * error.
+ *
+ * Returns the enhanced `target` after hardening.
+ *
+ * @param {any} target
+ * @param {any[]} originals
+ * @returns {any}
+ */
+export const objectMetaAssign = (target, ...originals) => {
+  for (const original of originals) {
+    defineProperties(target, getOwnPropertyDescriptors(original));
+  }
+  return harden(target);
+};
+harden(objectMetaAssign);
+
 /**
  *
  * @param {Array<string | symbol>} leftNames