There are three types of traditional baskets made by native peoples. One of them is the twined or wicker basket, usually made from pliable shoots like willow or from long roots like spruce. Another is the coiled basket, made from grass or pine needles and bark. The third is the woven basket, which is made from palm fronds, cattail leaves, bamboo, or strips of bark. It is usually used to carry and store berry or acorn-sized objects.
Back in my younger days, I made woven baskets from strips of sumac bark. But nowadays going to the woods and stripping tree bark is a major no-no, so I am using commercially available strips of elm that are made for basket-weaving.
Some photos of the process for making a simple woven berry basket.
I got a few splits here and there, but all in all it turned out pretty good, for the first basket I’ve made in probably 25 years. :)