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I took the day off to recover from jet lag, and decided to spend some time browsing through the vast piles of paper ephemera at our local antique mall. After only a few minutes of digging, I was thrilled to discover this gorgeous Art Deco illustration of a Tahitian princess and her retinue, done by French artiste Léon Carré for a 1927 issue of the weekly news magazine, L'Illustration.

The text at the bottom reads, Elle passait les beures de grand soleil à l'abri sur une plate-forme ombragée. My French is excremental, so if anyone would be so kind as to translate that into English for me, I'd be most grateful.

Update: my friend Jonathan informs me that the above translates: she spent the hottest hours of the day under a shelter on a shady platform.