and then there were the bones-a bear 's digit , with the great curved claw still attached ; the complete vertebrae of a small snake , articulated and strung on a leather thong , so the whole string flexed in a lifelike manner ; an assortment of teeth , ranging from a string of round , peglike things that jamie said came from a seal , through the high-crowned , scythe-cusped teeth of deer , to something that looked suspiciously like a human molar .