diff --git a/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORObject.cs b/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORObject.cs
index 2546ec5c..4d685168 100644
--- a/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORObject.cs
+++ b/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORObject.cs
@@ -2332,6 +2332,12 @@ public static CBORObject FromInt32(int value) {
           FromInt64((long)value);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Generates a CBOR object from a Guid.</summary>
+    /// <param name='value'>The parameter <paramref name='value'/> is a
+    /// Guid.</param>
+    /// <returns>A CBOR object.</returns>
+    public static CBORObject FromGuid(Guid value) => new CBORUuidConverter().ToCBORObject(value);
+
     /// <summary>Generates a CBOR object from a 32-bit signed
     /// integer.</summary>
     /// <param name='value'>The parameter <paramref name='value'/> is a
@@ -3230,6 +3236,20 @@ public static CBORObject NewMap() {
           new SortedDictionary<CBORObject, CBORObject>());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Creates a new CBOR map that stores its keys in an
+    /// undefined order.</summary>
+    /// <param name='keysAndValues'>A sequence of key-value pairs.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new CBOR map.</returns>
+    public static CBORObject FromMap(IEnumerable<Tuple<CBORObject, CBORObject>> keysAndValues) {
+      var sd = new SortedDictionary<CBORObject, CBORObject>();
+      foreach (Tuple<CBORObject, CBORObject> kv in keysAndValues) {
+        sd.Add(kv.Item1, kv.Item2);
+      }
+      return new CBORObject(
+          CBORObjectTypeMap,
+          sd);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Creates a new empty CBOR map that ensures that keys are
     /// stored in the order in which they are first inserted.</summary>
     /// <returns>A new CBOR map.</returns>
@@ -3239,6 +3259,20 @@ public static CBORObject NewOrderedMap() {
           PropertyMap.NewOrderedDict());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Creates a new CBOR map that ensures that keys are
+    /// stored in order.</summary>
+    /// <param name='keysAndValues'>A sequence of key-value pairs.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new CBOR map.</returns>
+    public static CBORObject FromOrderedMap(IEnumerable<Tuple<CBORObject, CBORObject>> keysAndValues) {
+      var oDict = PropertyMap.NewOrderedDict();
+      foreach (Tuple<CBORObject, CBORObject> kv in keysAndValues) {
+        oDict.Add(kv.Item1, kv.Item2);
+      }
+      return new CBORObject(
+          CBORObjectTypeMap,
+          oDict);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// <para>Reads a sequence of objects in CBOR format from a data
     /// stream. This method will read CBOR objects from the stream until
@@ -4661,6 +4695,15 @@ public float AsSingle() {
       return cn.GetNumberInterface().AsSingle(cn.GetValue());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Converts this object to a Guid.</summary>
+    /// <returns>A Guid.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">This object does
+    /// not represent a Guid.</exception><exception cref="CBORException">
+    /// This object does not have the expected tag.</exception>
+    public Guid AsGuid() {
+      return new CBORUuidConverter().FromCBORObject(this);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Gets the value of this object as a text string.</summary>
     /// <returns>Gets this object's string.</returns>
     /// <exception cref='InvalidOperationException'>This object's type is
diff --git a/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORUuidConverter.cs b/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORUuidConverter.cs
index 55eb9668..8f02b10c 100644
--- a/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORUuidConverter.cs
+++ b/CBOR/PeterO/Cbor/CBORUuidConverter.cs
@@ -34,19 +34,9 @@ public Guid FromCBORObject(CBORObject obj) {
         throw new CBORException("Must have outermost tag 37");
       }
       _ = ValidateObject(obj);
-      byte[] bytes = obj.GetByteString();
-      var guidChars = new char[36];
-      string hex = "0123456789abcdef";
-      var index = 0;
-      for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
-        if (i == 4 || i == 6 || i == 8 || i == 10) {
-          guidChars[index++] = '-';
-        }
-        guidChars[index++] = hex[(bytes[i] >> 4) & 15];
-        guidChars[index++] = hex[bytes[i] & 15];
-      }
-      var guidString = new String(guidChars);
-      return new Guid(guidString);
+      byte[] b2 = obj.GetByteString();
+      byte[] bytes = { b2[3], b2[2], b2[1], b2[0], b2[5], b2[4], b2[7], b2[6], b2[8], b2[9], b2[10], b2[11], b2[12], b2[13], b2[14], b2[15] };
+      return new Guid(bytes);
     }
   }
 }