Layer Mask to hide certain area of  image

Hi All,
I would be grateful if anyone could help me to figure out how to mask only 1 polygon with cat heads because my cat image is so big until it appears on other polygons. Attached below is my screen shot for better understanding. Any tips and help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I am so sorry, what I want to say is "Clipping mask".

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    Hi All,
    I would be grateful if anyone could help me to figure out how to clip mask only 1 polygon with cat heads because my cat image is so big until it appears on other polygons. Attached below is my screen shot for better understanding. Any tips and help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Apologise for my earlier mail with wrong title as "layer mask".

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    MTSTUNER

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