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Ulukahsút / Whaling dart blades. Alutiiq whalers coated the stone blades of their weapons with a poison made from the root of the monkshood plant. The poison was not strong enough to kill a whale directly, but could paralyze its tail or flipper and cause the animal to drown. When a dead whale was found, often two or three days later, markings on the blade identified the hunter who had made the kill.