Object Devotion
The tradition of expressing consensual devotion focused on objects associated with another person or a shared aesthetic.
Definition
Object Devotion covers practices in which admiration or ritual attention is focused on objects — boots, gloves, garments, tools, insignia — rather than directly on the body. Such objects may be worn by the person receiving devotion, may belong to them or may function as ceremonial items within a wider dynamic.
Historical background
Object Devotion has a long history in fetish culture and has become a recognised idiom within Leather and BDSM practice alongside Body Worship.
Discussion
Communities differ on where Object Devotion sits between fetish, service and ceremony. Objects often carry significance beyond themselves as extensions of the person to whom they belong.