There are many varieties of an Ifugao House. It is based on an Ifugao sub-group. This one inside the court yard of the Philippine National Museum is of the Ayangan heritage, an Ifugao sub-group, in the Mayaoyao area of the Mountain Province. It has heavy thatch roof to serve as protection from rain and cold weather of the region.

The Ifugaos, inhabit the rugged terrain of the extensive Cordillera Mountain ranges of the Mountain Province of Central Northern Luzon. They have developed and maintained a distinct culture which until recently has resisted outside influences. Until modern times ended their isolation, the only world they knew was their environment of towering mountain ranges, rolling hills, windy plateaus, warm valleys, shallow but swift rivers, dense forests, innumerable rice paddies, and their rice terraces carved on the mountainsides.