diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ea85cd6b..b8501a57 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@
   //. > S.encaseEither(S.I, JSON.parse, '[')
   //. Left(new SyntaxError('Unexpected end of input'))
   //.
-  //. > S.encaseEither(R.prop('message'), JSON.parse, '[')
+  //. > S.encaseEither(S.prop('message'), JSON.parse, '[')
   //. Left('Unexpected end of input')
   //. ```
   S.encaseEither =
@@ -2369,6 +2369,29 @@
 
   //. ### Object
 
+  //# prop :: Accessible a => String -> a -> b
+  //.
+  //. Takes a property name and returns the value of that property from the
+  //. specified object; otherwise throws an error.
+  //.
+  //. ```javascript
+  //. > S.prop('a', {a: 1, b: 2})
+  //. 1
+  //. ```
+  S.prop =
+  def('prop',
+      {a: [Accessible]},
+      [$.String, a, b],
+      function(key, obj) {
+        if (key in obj) {
+          return obj[key];
+        } else {
+          throw new TypeError('‘prop’ expected object to have a property ' +
+                              'named ‘' + key + '’; ' + R.toString(obj) +
+                              ' does not');
+        }
+      });
+
   //# get :: Accessible a => TypeRep b -> String -> a -> Maybe b
   //.
   //. Takes a [type representative](#type-representatives), a property
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 04082a2e..b91e62b0 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ describe('either', function() {
     });
 
     it('applies the first argument to the Error', function() {
-      eq(S.encaseEither(R.prop('message'), factorial, -1),
+      eq(S.encaseEither(S.prop('message'), factorial, -1),
          S.Left('Cannot determine factorial of negative number'));
     });
 
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ describe('either', function() {
     });
 
     it('applies the first argument to the Error', function() {
-      eq(S.encaseEither2(R.prop('message'), rem, 42, 0),
+      eq(S.encaseEither2(S.prop('message'), rem, 42, 0),
          S.Left('Cannot divide by zero'));
     });
 
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ describe('either', function() {
     });
 
     it('applies the first argument to the Error', function() {
-      eq(S.encaseEither3(R.prop('message'), area, 2, 2, 5),
+      eq(S.encaseEither3(S.prop('message'), area, 2, 2, 5),
          S.Left('Impossible triangle'));
     });
 
@@ -3330,6 +3330,48 @@ describe('list', function() {
 
 describe('object', function() {
 
+  describe('prop', function() {
+
+    it('is a binary function', function() {
+      eq(typeof S.prop, 'function');
+      eq(S.prop.length, 2);
+    });
+
+    it('type checks its arguments', function() {
+      assert.throws(function() { S.prop(1); },
+                    errorEq(TypeError,
+                            '‘prop’ expected a value of type String ' +
+                            'as its first argument; received 1'));
+
+      assert.throws(function() { S.prop('a', null); },
+                    errorEq(TypeError,
+                            '‘prop’ requires ‘a’ to implement Accessible; ' +
+                            'Null does not'));
+    });
+
+    it('throws when the key is not present', function() {
+      assert.throws(function() { S.prop('c', {a: 0, b: 1}); },
+                    errorEq(TypeError,
+                            '‘prop’ expected object to have a property named ' +
+                            '‘c’; {"a": 0, "b": 1} does not'));
+    });
+
+    it('retrieves the specified key', function() {
+      eq(S.prop('a', {a: 0, b: 1}), 0);
+      eq(S.prop('0', [1, 2, 3]), 1);
+
+      var proto = {x: 1, y: 2};
+      var obj = Object.create(proto);
+      eq(S.prop('x', obj), 1);
+    });
+
+    it('is curried', function() {
+      eq(S.prop('a').length, 1);
+      eq(S.prop('a')({a: 0, b: 1}), 0);
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('get', function() {
 
     it('is a ternary function', function() {