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1800 Art Dept.

Naira Yankee Snapback Hat | ₦ x NY Embroidered Cap — Green

Naira Yankee Snapback Hat | ₦ x NY Embroidered Cap — Green

Regular price $80.00 USD
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One symbol. Two currencies. Five thousand miles of water.

The Naira Yankee hat fuses the Nigerian ₦ with the interlocking NY, the two marks stacked and woven into one raised, white 3D-embroidered glyph on a Naija-green flat-brim snapback.

It's a hat with an argument inside it: the water didn't take our culture from us. It's how our culture has always traveled.

The story stitched into the front

  • The ₦. Coined in 1973, the Naira is a word built from "Nigeria" itself. A country naming its own money on its own terms. Two bars, struck through the center of the glyph.
  • The NY. Before it was a cap, it was a medal. Tiffany & Co. designed it in 1877 for the NYPD Medal of Valor. It became a New York icon, then a hip-hop uniform, then a dancehall status symbol from Kingston to Brooklyn.
  • The Y is a map. On Nigeria's coat of arms, the Y is the Niger and Benue rivers meeting at Lokoja. Here, it's Lagos and New York converging into one mark.
  • The name has traveled too. Anago. Nagos. Niger. Naija. ₦aira. Every name is still in the word.

Lagos to Brooklyn. West to west. Money has always crossed the sea, and so has the culture wearing it.

Details

  • Raised 3D puff embroidery in white, centered front
  • Flat brim, structured crown, six panels
  • Adjustable snapback closure, one size fits most
  • Naija-green colorway
  • Designed by 1800 Art Dept. in Brooklyn, NY
  • Presented by Creative Africa
  • Launch drop: October 1, 2026, limited run

Wear it for the ones who know both sides of the water.

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