They begin their work by cutting down small or young trees with an ax after they cut the wood into small strips and they called them splints.She soaked the splints so they are bendable and with a mallet she flattens them.once they are soft after that she will wove the bottom and after the bottom is done she will start to do all of the sides once she is all done with that she will begin to do two handles.The reason they needed to make baskets is because they had no plastic bags like we do now they had to make it out of wood. They would have to do everything themselves they did not have any machines like we do now and they also had no electronics so they couldn’t go and call someone to come and pick them up like we can do now.