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

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

In March 2019 she was made a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.

References

1. ^ "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.

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