Fauura Bouteau

Fauura Bouteau (born 24 April 1942)[1] is a French Polynesian jeweller and president of the Association of Polynesian Art Crafts and the Association of Polynesian Art Jewellery.[2] She is the mother of politician Nicole Bouteau.[1]

Bouteau was born in Tautira.[1] After working in a local hotel, she moved to France after she was married.[1] She returned to French Polynesia in 1973, and worked as a farmer, before starting a business making traditional Polynesian jewellery in the 1980s.[1][3]

In March 2019 she was made a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Fauura Bouteau, chevalier dans l'ordre de Tahiti Nui" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Fauura Bouteau". Ginette Moorea. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Hiro'a n°160 – Trésor de Polynésie : Mama Fauura : " L'artisanat est un monde merveilleux "" (in French). Hiroa. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Remise de l'ordre de Tahiti Nui à Fauura Bouteau et Irmine Tehei" (in French). Présidence de la Polynésie française. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2023.